Kate's of agreement, I think. "It should have a right to have the opportunity to be good," and that tangles me a moment,
"Maybe it would be better," she says, and I look over, "for the child to be taken from Wanda," and there's a sudden clarity in her words, 'minds me of when she asked me if the Shuck could be killed. "Perhaps there are - I don't know, magics that could hide it from its father as it was raised. Let it be raised by decent people."
"May be," I say slow and thoughtful. "Sure there're workings enough 'gainst ill intent and being seen, and both seem t'suit..." Imagine there's a way t'see this done. Remember some things from summer, from trying to work a charm 'gainst the Shuck, but've no real gift for that. "Worth talking t'Tess or Hermia or Syl, I think."
Touch light on Wanda locked into herself, stubborn and damned, and my mouth twists. "Back summer," I say, "she warned me that even going near folk as dealt with the tower would twist me, make me poison." And think there's truth to that, may not be as deep as she thought but sure something t'be wary of, and now as sworn to it she cares to raise a child? "Miss her," I say quiet. Remember when she was ready t'stand against the Shuck, before he did as he's minded t'do t'her in the night and she took to cosseting him for frightening folk in her shop, and miss her.
"If anyone were to act," Kate says, and pull myself back to myself and listen, "they'll have to wait for the baby to be born, then. I wonder if - It'll claim the baby straight away, or leave it to Wanda to rear. The second, I would guess. Maybe then will be the time for something to be done."
Nod slow and stiff. "I know Lucien went t'see to her," I say, "but I don't know that she's having him mind her as she quickens. Hearing of it came as surprise to him, in any case." Spit and staunchweed, he was nearly green at the thought... "May be worth talking t'him, t'find out how it's going, but think she could still cajole him so need be careful."
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Date: 2010-09-08 02:50 pm (UTC)"Maybe it would be better," she says, and I look over, "for the child to be taken from Wanda," and there's a sudden clarity in her words, 'minds me of when she asked me if the Shuck could be killed. "Perhaps there are - I don't know, magics that could hide it from its father as it was raised. Let it be raised by decent people."
"May be," I say slow and thoughtful. "Sure there're workings enough 'gainst ill intent and being seen, and both seem t'suit..." Imagine there's a way t'see this done. Remember some things from summer, from trying to work a charm 'gainst the Shuck, but've no real gift for that. "Worth talking t'Tess or Hermia or Syl, I think."
Touch light on Wanda locked into herself, stubborn and damned, and my mouth twists. "Back summer," I say, "she warned me that even going near folk as dealt with the tower would twist me, make me poison." And think there's truth to that, may not be as deep as she thought but sure something t'be wary of, and now as sworn to it she cares to raise a child? "Miss her," I say quiet. Remember when she was ready t'stand against the Shuck, before he did as he's minded t'do t'her in the night and she took to cosseting him for frightening folk in her shop, and miss her.
"If anyone were to act," Kate says, and pull myself back to myself and listen, "they'll have to wait for the baby to be born, then. I wonder if - It'll claim the baby straight away, or leave it to Wanda to rear. The second, I would guess. Maybe then will be the time for something to be done."
Nod slow and stiff. "I know Lucien went t'see to her," I say, "but I don't know that she's having him mind her as she quickens. Hearing of it came as surprise to him, in any case." Spit and staunchweed, he was nearly green at the thought... "May be worth talking t'him, t'find out how it's going, but think she could still cajole him so need be careful."