Blacktail Deer Plateau this is for the good ol' boys

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his children grow. more into themselves, into who they'll be and what interests them.

it was a delightful thing to witness, rusalka thinks; amazed at how much fatherhood has changed him. for who could've guessed that in fatherhood ( and husbandhood ) he would flourish.

thus, he could not angry that leifa had found him on the borders. it elevates some of his stress levels — but only because he was protective. but striving not to be helicopter dad, he tries not to let it be known.

better she patrol with him than someone who he did not know well and thus did not entirely trust.

leifa, greets rusalka, gruffly but with undiluted affection. what do you think of our new home? he asks, genuinely interested in her thoughts as he invites her to join him; slowing his pace so she could easily keep up.