05-09-2022, 02:59 AM
The mans assurances that he wanted nothing did little to soothe Edmund, but his introduction seemed to do the trick. Father Brennan..? A priest, then. A priest would have no business robbing two kids on the street, would he? Unless he was lying, but sure enough, he was wearing that gown preachers and holy men usually do.
Whatever small comfort gained from Father Brennan's title disappeared as he came closer still and eyed Mable. If not for her weight against his leg, Edmund would have moved between them and only barely stopped himself from doing so.
"She's fine," he said, defensive. "Just tired."
Still, the priest's concern bled into Edmund and he knelt down slowly, supporting his sister's delicate weight with just a hand on her shoulder. He felt her forehead and then her cheek with practiced motions, searching for a fever or anything else amiss. Thankfully, he found nothing. Instead, Mable's eyes fluttered as they focused on the face in front of her.
"Toby..?" she murmured, but was quickly shushed. Edmund sighed, privately relieved that she really was alright, glancing back up to the man at his side.
"We're new here," he said by way of explanation. Here referred to many things in that moment. The town, the country, this life. Edmund trusted Father Brennan would find a suitable answer in there for himself.
Whatever small comfort gained from Father Brennan's title disappeared as he came closer still and eyed Mable. If not for her weight against his leg, Edmund would have moved between them and only barely stopped himself from doing so.
"She's fine," he said, defensive. "Just tired."
Still, the priest's concern bled into Edmund and he knelt down slowly, supporting his sister's delicate weight with just a hand on her shoulder. He felt her forehead and then her cheek with practiced motions, searching for a fever or anything else amiss. Thankfully, he found nothing. Instead, Mable's eyes fluttered as they focused on the face in front of her.
"Toby..?" she murmured, but was quickly shushed. Edmund sighed, privately relieved that she really was alright, glancing back up to the man at his side.
"We're new here," he said by way of explanation. Here referred to many things in that moment. The town, the country, this life. Edmund trusted Father Brennan would find a suitable answer in there for himself.
