[...he'd moved from the Administrative District to a larger apartment closer to the outskirts of Belobog- not to the point in which it's run down, but somewhere quieter. Less away from whatever counts as action in Belobog. It's a nice place. Large. His inheritance (as on one hand, he had resigned from the Silvermane Guard, but on the other hand, he'd done his duty and sired a child, and on the other hand his parents wanted to see their grandchild and seemed to think money would bring him back into the fold) plus what money he made at his job paid for utilities.
He'd researched schools and found the best one to send Lily to. One that wouldn't pay attention to the fact that she was a Landau - she went by her mother's family name, Lily Bellanger, and Gepard had briefly considered changing his name to Bellanger out of respect for her mother, but his sisters had both talked him out of it. And he had agreed. Gepard Bellanger sounded-
Not. No.
...it was a peaceful life he had settled into. Quiet. Like his sister Serval, he had failed at living up to the Landau duties, which meant all of his parents' hopes and dreams rested on Lynx. But it wasn't bad. Just. Sedate. Peaceful. But not much happened when your job was selling books. (This was Pela's doing. He tried bartending and broke two glasses, and she suggested something less...challenging.)
A peaceful life. Quiet. In fact, he was about to pick up a treat for his daughter (she'd done so well on an exam, and he wanted to spoil her) when he turned a corner, blanched, made a noise, and then immediately un-turned that corner and went back in the direction he came from, no, bye, his mind's working, there has to be an alternate direction he can take, he needs to avoid that guy, he's a civilian, he's got a family, no, no, no, absolutely not.]
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Date: 2024-09-19 03:28 am (UTC)He'd researched schools and found the best one to send Lily to. One that wouldn't pay attention to the fact that she was a Landau - she went by her mother's family name, Lily Bellanger, and Gepard had briefly considered changing his name to Bellanger out of respect for her mother, but his sisters had both talked him out of it. And he had agreed. Gepard Bellanger sounded-
Not. No.
...it was a peaceful life he had settled into. Quiet. Like his sister Serval, he had failed at living up to the Landau duties, which meant all of his parents' hopes and dreams rested on Lynx. But it wasn't bad. Just. Sedate. Peaceful. But not much happened when your job was selling books. (This was Pela's doing. He tried bartending and broke two glasses, and she suggested something less...challenging.)
A peaceful life. Quiet. In fact, he was about to pick up a treat for his daughter (she'd done so well on an exam, and he wanted to spoil her) when he turned a corner, blanched, made a noise, and then immediately un-turned that corner and went back in the direction he came from, no, bye, his mind's working, there has to be an alternate direction he can take, he needs to avoid that guy, he's a civilian, he's got a family, no, no, no, absolutely not.]