Yes, it was rather magnificent, wasn’t it? Majestic.
His gentle smile at Charity’s assessment faltered slightly at her last remark. “Mortal peril?” He inquired, and then, under his breath, “you’ve been spending too much time with Alfred.” Perhaps he ought not to be so startled by the sombre turn of thought; though she was just a little girl, she had already been rather too close to mortal peril for his liking, and the loss of her father was still so new.
But he didn’t know how to broach that subject suitably softly, only knew that trying to was probably best not accomplished at the zoo.
He made an effort to smile at her regardless, though the Thunderbird seemed to be holding her gaze; moving towards the exhibit signs, he added, impressed at her instinct: “It does say they can sense danger, so yes, probably.”
His gentle smile at Charity’s assessment faltered slightly at her last remark. “Mortal peril?” He inquired, and then, under his breath, “you’ve been spending too much time with Alfred.” Perhaps he ought not to be so startled by the sombre turn of thought; though she was just a little girl, she had already been rather too close to mortal peril for his liking, and the loss of her father was still so new.
But he didn’t know how to broach that subject suitably softly, only knew that trying to was probably best not accomplished at the zoo.
He made an effort to smile at her regardless, though the Thunderbird seemed to be holding her gaze; moving towards the exhibit signs, he added, impressed at her instinct: “It does say they can sense danger, so yes, probably.”
