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Llewellyn Watts ([personal profile] gadaboutdetective) wrote in [community profile] aterat 2022-04-26 04:58 am (UTC)

Llewellyn tried to wait patiently as she began spelling things out on his hand again, though he was worried and it made the waiting a little more difficult. At least as she finished, his nerves started to settle a little… Her not being hurt was a rather huge relief, and it wasn’t hard to put the pieces together from her choice of words. Plenty of kids were afraid of noisy storms, and this was a horrible one… Plus, being alone in the dark? Well… Llewellyn could understand that fear himself, a little too well.

So he offered her a sympathetic expression, nodding quickly. “Noisy storms are frightening, and being on your own makes it worse. Though one shouldn’t be out in it either, it can be quite dangerous… I’m glad I found you, Luna.” He added, not wanting to think of the poor thing being out in this weather on her own all night… He’d seen far too many bad things happen to children who were neglected and out in the elements.

But if she wasn’t feeling safe or comfortable at the orphanage… Llewellyn felt his heart tug again, the poor thing deserved to be somewhere she felt comfortable. The new addition of an orphanage to this world had left him with a rather complicated feeling… He probably would have done the same as Luna, if he hadn’t been lucky enough to have been taken in by Mrs. Young. It was important for children to have a place to go… But he’d seen bad things happen in places like that.

“Well, I… Can’t really do much about the scary noises and the rain… But! I can do something about your being alone, and the cold.” He responded finally, the responsible side of him used to caring for those who were younger than him kicking in. His movements animated and light, something to set her nerves at ease… And really, Llewellyn was just an animated person. It was a little comical looking, really, especially since he was still crouched at eye level, not wanting to tower over her while they spoke. “First, we need to get you into something warm and dry. Mm… Let’s see.” He looked around. It wasn’t like he had anything that was child-sized… But one of his older shirts would do, right? They were a nice soft material, and would practically float on her…. So at least it would be dry and warm. “I think I should have something upstairs, so why don’t you keep Pretzel company and I’ll be right back, okay?”

He did pause to see what she thought, though, just to make sure she was comfortable before he left. At least Pretzel seemed to be good company for her, and she seemed to feel better with him there… So he at least knew that she would be in good company. The little hound already seemed to adore her too, so he would keep an eye on her.

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