[Hey now, Sampo only hangs around like a gargoyle in the eaves when he's stalking Gepard's house at night, watching him in his evening routine. You know, like a normal person would do.]
[The thumping heel stops as Gepard half turns away, Sampo's ridiculous blue head tipping in a sort of curious gesture.]
It's not belief! Either you invited me or you didn't.
[He's going with did, personally. And since Gepard's leading the way, well, it would be rude not to follow, wouldn't it? Besides, annoyed or not, Gepard's attention is back on him again, and for the first time in years, it feels like things are... maybe not quite normal again, but close. On their way there.]
[Sampo hops down from the wall. The jolt as he lands is a little irritating to his knees and ankles-- Aeons, another ten years and he'll be so creaky-- but then he follows along after Gepard with the usual pep in his step.]
Books, hm? [He moseys along next to Gepard, a step or two's berth between them.] I didn't think you were much of a reader! Or that you'd really need a job after you've retired, all things considered.
[Those things being both his pension-- because the Silvermane guard paid their honorably discharged forces pretty well-- and the fact that he's the eldest male Landau. Hell, now he's the eldest male Landau with a child, and even if his parents don't like the way he made her, he's the only one of his siblings to actually produce a biological heir. There's no way that they aren't invested in the future of their legacy, at least financially, even if Gepard limits their physical contact.]
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[The thumping heel stops as Gepard half turns away, Sampo's ridiculous blue head tipping in a sort of curious gesture.]
It's not belief! Either you invited me or you didn't.
[He's going with did, personally. And since Gepard's leading the way, well, it would be rude not to follow, wouldn't it? Besides, annoyed or not, Gepard's attention is back on him again, and for the first time in years, it feels like things are... maybe not quite normal again, but close. On their way there.]
[Sampo hops down from the wall. The jolt as he lands is a little irritating to his knees and ankles-- Aeons, another ten years and he'll be so creaky-- but then he follows along after Gepard with the usual pep in his step.]
Books, hm? [He moseys along next to Gepard, a step or two's berth between them.] I didn't think you were much of a reader! Or that you'd really need a job after you've retired, all things considered.
[Those things being both his pension-- because the Silvermane guard paid their honorably discharged forces pretty well-- and the fact that he's the eldest male Landau. Hell, now he's the eldest male Landau with a child, and even if his parents don't like the way he made her, he's the only one of his siblings to actually produce a biological heir. There's no way that they aren't invested in the future of their legacy, at least financially, even if Gepard limits their physical contact.]