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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 19:16:12 GMT -5
He smiled for real now- cold, hard, and unpleasant.
"You see, my dear, you do still have your uses."
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Post by Sarah on Mar 23, 2014 19:20:17 GMT -5
She didn't bother to mask her resentment entirely; it showed in her eyes, but she didn't lash out.
"I'm the only one of the three of us who could possibly appeal to that sentiment. From you or particularly your son, it would look like peacocking."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 19:31:10 GMT -5
He laughed sharply.
"Herbert's already made his overtures. He wasn't responsive."
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Post by Sarah on Mar 23, 2014 19:38:08 GMT -5
"If either of you insinuated that he was pathetic it would immediately make an enemy of him."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 19:51:07 GMT -5
"I think Herbert was really quite taken with him, but don't tell the boy I said that. You know how his moods are..."
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Post by Sarah on Mar 23, 2014 19:53:42 GMT -5
He said moods and not mental health, but Sarah said with an undercurrent of impatience, "He had another fit when you were gone."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:04:01 GMT -5
"What-"
He immediately bolted off in the direction of the harpsichord music.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:08:23 GMT -5
Herbert held up one hand to tell his father to wait while he finished a particularly impressive one-handed flourish.
"...and... there."
He finished and glanced up, smiling behind his little Alex-supplied glasses.
"Hello, Vati. How were things with Teja?"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:15:27 GMT -5
"Sarah just informed me that you had a fit," he said, striding toward Herbert in concern.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:18:53 GMT -5
Herbert rolled his eyes, recoiling from his father's touch.
"Oh- oh, Vati, you know that just- it happens, that's all. There's nothing we can do about it."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:20:49 GMT -5
"Were you provoked?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:21:24 GMT -5
"Vati, no-"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:23:03 GMT -5
"You must try to avoid anything that could set you off," he said, sitting beside Herbert and stroking a lock of Herbert's hair behind one ear. "You know how much I worry for you."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 23, 2014 20:24:16 GMT -5
Herbert was staring bitterly at his hands.
"If I could get better," he said sourly, I would."
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Post by Sarah on Mar 23, 2014 20:24:34 GMT -5
(Sarah followed cautiously down the hall, but didn't go into the room, standing outside and listening with a frown.)
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