Tell you what. Have a seat at the bar with some water and you can supervise me. It's been a while since I've actually, like, set a table properly or whatever.
Ooooh your humble upbringing...it leaves so much to be desired... [settles at the table.] However are we to get by when good help is so hard to come by?
Hey, if there's one thing my mom actually instilled for a while it was actual table manners, thank you very much. [ enjoy your water, he's just setting out plates and stuff from the meows' kitchen at the bar. table. thing. ] Until you find good help, you're stuck with me. I'll my best though.
It really is not—we're not arguing about the horse thing right now, this is supposed to be a nice dinner.
[ but... hah. ]
They did their best with what we had, and that's probably the best I could have asked for. Even if I was definitely a handful. [ a hand comes up to fiddle with the ring on the chain around his neck, a constantly piece of jewelry regardless of whatever he's wearing. ] I was probably closer to her than him, but I wouldn't say I didn't get along with him or anything up until the last, like, year before I died. But even then it was just... knowing it probably wasn't easy and looking back on it now realizing they were good people.
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Probably should...I do want to help though. I'm not that far gone yet.
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Tell you what. Have a seat at the bar with some water and you can supervise me. It's been a while since I've actually, like, set a table properly or whatever.
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Oh? Should I judge you by royal standards?
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[Tilts her head, pondering.]
You've never mentioned your mom before.
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I know I seem like I don't know what I'm doing sometimes, but I was raised by my parents for a majority of my life.
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What were they like?
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[ but... hah. ]
They did their best with what we had, and that's probably the best I could have asked for. Even if I was definitely a handful. [ a hand comes up to fiddle with the ring on the chain around his neck, a constantly piece of jewelry regardless of whatever he's wearing. ] I was probably closer to her than him, but I wouldn't say I didn't get along with him or anything up until the last, like, year before I died. But even then it was just... knowing it probably wasn't easy and looking back on it now realizing they were good people.