sansdoute: (mariol)
there was no doubt in the journey ([personal profile] sansdoute) wrote in [community profile] westwhere 2022-08-02 09:15 pm (UTC)

( Would you look at'at? He even got down the old skillet. Fancy! Thought it was lost in the wind with the littlest one needed'erself a bathtub!

Tutting, huffing and the smallest bit distracted from the sizzle of her pan and stove, madam Mariol coos at the treasures rescued from the vicious, villainous tall cupboard — and rewards Finn's fine efforts with a pat on his head.

Attaboy. )


Well, what about them little ones? Why don't you take'em for a stroll down the tracks? Just careful with their laces, like to trot about with them undone like little fairy kings, they do that.

( Very sound, trusting the eldest son with the other children. Teaches him responsibility. )

But you don't owe us nothing. Gent who sent you, he's been kind, awful kind. And you're only one more mouth to feed! We got us plenty. Just.. ( Excuse her, thick potato pancake dollops to slip into her pan. ) You be taking your care, eh? Oh, you will, aren't you clever? Clever boy, and he so handsome... but there's people'ere, less than gentle, at times. Some of them learned all sorts from the city that fell, and now they brought their vice here! For young ones to see. Imagine that, you.

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