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Anya gave a slight chuckle to the boy, rather amused. "That means you're extra clean, for once," the girl chuckled with a bit of a huff. She didn't care... Sage looked good and presentable, or at least she thought so. She still had a bit of a smile when he gave her a bit of a nudge, but rolled her eyes and have his hand a bit of a squeeze before placing it back on his lap. "I'm very thankful for all... this," the girl hummed as she gestured to him, an amused smirk across her face. "Thank you," the girl told him lightly. It was more than his little do-up that she was grateful for... it was the fact that he'd helped her with the decorating, and sitting with her, for trying to get her to calm down... that wasn't his job. He didn't need to be there with her, to listen to her complaining and watch her get so stressed out over something that must seem so silly to him. She wasn't sure why he was there, but she was definitely grateful for it.
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Sage chuckled at the girl's joke, giving her his normal crooked grin for the first time in....well, a while. "Yeah, well, you've helped me more than I could ever repay you for," he hummed, looking out over the garden. "So I guess I can help you not start a war," he chuckled. He'd do anything for the girl....he really would, and he hoped she knew that. Even if they were no longer ..whatever they were before, he was still fond of the girl, and he wanted to stay close with her. He'd help her with anything...all she had to do was ask and he'd leap to do it. Although, the showering he might be a bit more reluctant to do. Either way, making her happy made him happy, so really it was all a win win.
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Anya gave a slight hum in reply, a small chuckle escaping her. "I haven't done much for you Sage. If anything Luther has done more, and the doctor." The girl murmured before kind of leaning on him. It wasn't much, and she'd only rested her head on his shoulder. He wouldn't care, or she didn't think so. "However, if you think I've done anything to help you is going to stop you from causing a war, I might let you believe that," the girl murmured with a small chuckle. "You should see Att in his little suit," she told him with another fond smile. "He's adorable!"
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Sage chuckled and shook his head. "You've done more for me than you think," he murmured, more than content to let the girl lean against him. If that's what comforted her, then who was he to shoo her away? He grinned when she mentioned Att, and nodded eagerly. "I bet he is," he giggled. "He's cute even without it." He smiled at the thought of the young boy, knowing he'd probably be more than excited for the day ahead of him. 'ill bet he's excited," he commented, rather amused. "Is Luther's attitude more like yours or Atts?"
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"Luther?" She asked with a small smile as she thought about the boy. Att had definitely picked up Luther's personality over the years... and Luther had definitely softened up because of the boy. "He's more like Att. Or, Att is more like him. It's definitely not a bad thing," the girl told him with a small smile. "He's gonna be a good kid when he's older. He's not going to sneak off like I did to cause trouble and he's not going to be as stuck up as Luther was when I first met him," the girl murmured as she looped her arm through his as she got comfortable. "He's very excited," she noted with a small laugh. "He loves his little suit, that boy. He was wanting his portrait done in it," the girl noted with a grin.
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Sage chuckled and nodded. "He's got a good head on him," he hummed. "Att, I mean." Luther had a good head on him too, just in a slightly different way. After all, the older boy was....not the brightest. But that was ok. He chuckled and grinned over at the girl when she mentioned her sneaking out. "Oh, but you met me," he whined. Then he chuckled and nodded. "I'll keep that in mind," he hummed. He'd probably end up drawing a lot from the evening...he didn't get a chance to draw a fancy event and whatnot often. Although, maybe a painting would be better suited for it. He'd figure that out later.
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Anya rolled her eyes when he said that was where he met her. It was true, but she didn't want to think that far back. They'd had a good year or so, but it hadn't exactly ended very well, and she was still rather upset about how it had all gone down. "I'm trying not to keep that in mind. And I don't want something similar happening to Att, either. I was sneaking out of the castle long before I met you, and I'm very lucky to be alive right now," she told him with a small sigh. "He might not be so lucky," She then added before glancing back up at him. "I want to give him a better childhood than what I did. For him to have fun," she added quietly before flopping her head back down on the shoulder. "Would you mind sketching Att for me tonight? He'd love it," she murmured with a small smile.
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Sage chuckled and nodded, figuring the girl wanted the best for the boy. He did, too...Att was a lovely child, and of course he only wanted the best for him. He loved the boy, more than he could express ...Anya had no idea what it had felt like to leave him behind....to leave them both behind. The only reason he hadn't come back or taken Att with him was because he knew he'd have a better life elsewhere. Which also made him feel like an overall shitty person, since he couldn't even take care of his own son. Well, Att wasn't his son, not at all, but he liked to fantasize it. He seemed like a son to Sage...even if Anya and Luther were the ones raising him. He smiled over at the girl and nodded slightly. "Of course I will," he hummed. "I'll probably sketch a lot of things.," He mused lightly. Then a sudden thought took him and he cocked his head slightly. "What was the boy's first word," he asked softly. He wanted to know everything he'd missed....he'd missed a lot of important things, and he wanted to know them as if he was there when it all happened.
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Anya raised a brow at the boy when he asked about Att's first word. She didn't think Sage particularly cared, but she'd of course tell him. "It started off as dad and turned into duck," she told him with a laugh. "Luther and I still debate which one it was. He doesn't call either one of us mom or dad, so I highly doubt it was dad," the girl murmured, a light chuckle escaping her at the thought. She and Luther had argued as to which one it was. He'd had a little toy when he was a baby, a small green duck, so she assumed the word was duck. Though, she did remember the child starting as dad when Sage was there... but he never really got through the whole word. "He started walking when he was about two and a bit. Not very well, but that was when he had his first steps," she noted with a reminiscent smile.
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Sage chuckled at the boy's first word...duck probably wasn't a very common word for a baby to say. Then again, Att wasn't exactly a common baby, either. There was nothing common about him, or the way he was raised. He smiled again when she noted when he first started walking and then let out a sigh tinged with regret, and albeit a little sadness. "I wish I'd been there to see it," he murmured softly, leaning into the girl slightly as his chest started to feel the all too familiar ball of ice shards again. He was glad to know these things, though...he did love the boy, more then any one else in this world, and he wanted to know everything about him. "You'll have to tell me more later, when we have time," he hummed. "But right now, we ought to be getting ready. We have around an hour of time left before people start arriving," he mused, patting the girl's arm that was wrapped around his. It felt good to sit and talk with Anya like this though...it seemed natural, like something they might have done before. He was glad for it...that their relationship was healing and fixing. He wanted to stay close to the girl next to him for the rest of his life...Luther too, and Att, and he hoped that's what they all wanted as well, because he wasn't sure he could stand to lose them all again. He'd barely managed the last time hed left, and that was only because he'd thought he was doing the right thing. He was, admittedly, debating that now.
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