Sun Mote Copse what you gon' do

Eljay couldn't really imagine that anyone would do that to their own child. He wasn't able to understand that to any degree, and none of it, well, made sense to him. He'd never heard of any parent harming their child that way. Would a parent do that to their child? he asked, genuinely baffled. He had only ever known and heard of parents who were good; in Redhawk Caldera, at the Plateau, here at the Copse... There weren't any parents who would harm their child in that way. Sure, it was rough sometimes for kids, just like how he'd pushed Elfie away when he was still so young... But at the same time, he could never imagine hurting Elfie in any way. And Eljay found it very hard to let go on his belief that parents'd never do that to their own offspring. I hope not... he murmured as he tried to swallow that; in that case, it might be hard for Rasalas to ever recover from that, mentally. The sensitivity made Eljay relate somewhat, at least, and he hoped that continuing to treat him might help him get some more information out of the boy at some point so they could figure out whether he had parents to return to.

After he'd said all of what he wanted to say Niamh was silent for a moment, and then she said that she would. Only then did Eljay realise he'd been holding his breath all this time as he breathed out, feeling so relieved that she just took his words for what they were and that she would trust his judgement. He smiled a little, feeling immensely relieved and really happy that he had taken the plunge.

The smile was short-lived as Niamh said that Fennec was in need of an attitude adjustment. It was a tricky situation because he didn't really want to get between Niamh and Fennec, and he didn't really want to choose a side. But if he would, then he found himself choosing his apprentice's side; mostly because she'd only been doing what he had asked her to do, that was how this whole conflict even started at all. Eljay bit his lip as he tried to decide what to say, his face overtaken by a frown. Eventually he said: Fennec's... I think that... that she could use your support, he'd thought to say maybe more than an attitude adjustment but swallowed those words right before he said them and then, after a few seconds, added, and that the uhm.. the attitude adjustment might come on its own, then. He wouldn't tell Niamh that she was Fennec's parent in some way too, and that her approval would mean a lot to the girl. He wouldn't tell her how to parent, for sure, but he just felt that Fennec felt like everyone rejected her capabilities and abilities and it'd mean a lot if her father's mate wouldn't.