[His finger is mauled, but very gently, claws in, and he does get his boop in, which is what really matters. Ruffling the fur on top of Maple's head, he looks up at Riley inquisitively.]
The first several batches turned out extremely lumpy, but I'm making progress. My— [He tips his head to one side, staring at nothing for a moment, before continuing,] stepmother? Is showing me. Otherwise I'd be lost. I don't know how to do a lot of basic things, to be honest.
[He's quiet for a moment, lashes lowered as he regards Maple's dogged attempt to fight his roots, which curl up out of the way one by one, too quickly for the cat to quite catch.]
I wanted to talk to you about something a bit personal, but it has to do with what happened earlier this week, too. So I thought . . . if she decides that's all right, food helps with difficult conversations. And if she doesn't want to, it's probably a good apology gift.
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[His finger is mauled, but very gently, claws in, and he does get his boop in, which is what really matters. Ruffling the fur on top of Maple's head, he looks up at Riley inquisitively.]
The first several batches turned out extremely lumpy, but I'm making progress. My— [He tips his head to one side, staring at nothing for a moment, before continuing,] stepmother? Is showing me. Otherwise I'd be lost. I don't know how to do a lot of basic things, to be honest.
[He's quiet for a moment, lashes lowered as he regards Maple's dogged attempt to fight his roots, which curl up out of the way one by one, too quickly for the cat to quite catch.]
I wanted to talk to you about something a bit personal, but it has to do with what happened earlier this week, too. So I thought . . . if she decides that's all right, food helps with difficult conversations. And if she doesn't want to, it's probably a good apology gift.