Thaddeus
“Well, uh. I dunno. Kai thought you’d be a good person to talk to, since you’ve got…uh…certain issues that you’ve been able to overcome, and I’ve been…uh…having issues? And it’s all been a bit of a bitch for me to manage, but I wanna do right by Kai, anyway. I don’t wanna mess it up, especially now that I’m helping his folks too. So how do you manage…stuff?”
“ ...Not to discourage you, or to be rude by any means, Mister Thaddeus...
“ But that question is much too vague. I don’t know what issues my nephew has told you that I have, but I in fact have many issues. I could name them off for you but that could take all day. ”
Helen rests her cheek in her hand, and looks the boy up and down; skinny as a twig.
“ ...Do you want some tea? Maybe you can stop looking all jittery after some tea and set your thoughts straight, yes? ”
