#roguishorphelin

[antivanambassador]

"Boo!"

"Ah!" She briefly feigns a spell of fright, knowing how much children delight in such displays. "You gave me quite the scare, young man. So---what are you supposed to be tonight?"

[templiere-blog]

[Hugs]

She’s taken aback at first, for the boy’s gesture had come so suddenly, and unexpectedly. Elise had never fashioned herself as the motherly type, and if asked, she would likely say she didn’t care for small children, yet her actions said otherwise. She’d taken it upon herself to look after Leon, not in the sense of a guardian or parent, but as a mentor, and through the time spent teaching him the way of the sword, had developed a fondness for the boy. It wasn’t motherly instinct that fueled her care for him, but rather a part of her that had decided to take on the role of older sister. She’d done the same with Arno when they were only eight, despite being older by only a few months, she’d established herself as older sister to him, and it was the same with Leon. Even if she thought of herself as the ‘older sibling’ towards him, she had never expected Leon to think the same. After her initial surprise wears off, she can’t help but smile down at the child, and return the gesture.

[amanofdestiny-blog]

roguishorphelin

            “Do you believe in ghosts, petit monsieur?”

[canis-venaticus]

"Where do babies come from?"

"Y’see, lad. There’s comes a time in a man and a woman’s life where they want t’have some good jolly fun with each other’s company. So...”

“They fuck.”

“Whatever comes out from that 9 months after is that wee bundle of responsibility and obligation we all come to know as a baby.”“So don’t y’go start beddin’ women carelessly like Arno over there. He’s a bad example. Terrible example. The lad can’t even sit still.”

[lombredufait]

"Where do babies come from?"

Arno blinked, his brows slowly furrowing. He looked at the young boy. A moment passed between them while regarding each other with an intense glance. He knew Leon. The boy would just press him and bother and pester him until he got a satisfying answer. Still, Arno debated.

Finally, he crossed his arms and leaned back against the fencing. “When a man and a woman have sex, a baby is conceived. After nine months in the woman’s womb–her belly–it comes out of her vagina. That’s where babies are from.”

Well, the boy would find out some day. Better by him than a certain deviant’s graphic novel.

[parisianeagle]

"Where do babies come from?"

“...No force in heaven or on earth will make me answer that question for you. Certainly not now.”