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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:45 pm
*Kero laughs*
Don't worry, kiddo...ye'll have plenty to keep ye occupied...whenevr I have ye babysit my sons and daughters......
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:49 pm
Keva sighs and flashes him a wry look. "That's just what I'm talking about. Everyone just says Keva will do it... and no one seems to think about asking Keva if he wants to do it." He laughs and shakes his head. "But I don't know how to talk or approach anyone about it."
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:52 pm
*Kero flashes him his own wry look*
If you believed that...you're cuckoo...I'm sterile, Kev...can't father children, except in rare cases...
And as for yer problem...assert yerself...tell people No...I won't do that...if you lie down for someone, Keva...they'll walk all over you...
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:59 pm
Keva shrugs and getting to his feet puts the book away. "We are going to see how many stories we go through before they come back and the rule is... one story a night... some of them are kind of long though. And yea, I thought of doing that. Kind of hard to pur yer foot down to yer Ma though... they have a way of ignoring that kind of thing... and they claim we have mother deafness. I tried... trust me... I tried. I went to Ma and Dad both. I wanted them to get Uncle Jor to come and castle sit. Not that I can't do it. I can... but no one really listens to me around here. Not really. I can tell people to do stuff and they just keep on doing things as they always do... and if something did go wrong, they certainly wouldn't think I knew what to do. They'd call for you or him anyway."
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:03 pm
*Kero laughs*
And if I refused...Jor follows my lead in many things, Keva...I'd help you out, of course...but they would have to look to you, first...
Kiddo...you've got some great ideas...ad you have a marvelous gift...people like you...but you're being too nice...you have to let people know who's the boss...how about this...tomorrow, I'll get Champhy...and you, me, and her, can all work on you being assertive...I'll wall off the kitchen for us to work in...how's that sound...plus...ye can practice mother assertion as well...because she's a mother...and was like a mother to you three...think that'd work, Kev?
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:07 pm
"Do you really think it will work?" asks Keva biting his lower lip. He stuffs his hands into his pockets and plops down into a chair by Averus.
"Hey, iffin ye can stand up to me Ma, ye can stand up to anyone." laughs Averus heartily.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:10 pm
*Kero nods*
Here...why don't you two break the rules and read another story...I have one that will set yer ears aflame...*Pulls out his copy of The Knight Errant and the Milkmaid*....I'm off to talk to Champhy...*Teleports off*
Note: That's the piece that made Vella Blush in the mallorean...remember? The one Beldin told...
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:14 pm
Keva takes the book and settles back down by Averus. Soon both the young males are laughing heartily.
"Sweet Lady of NIght..."
"How the hell do ye do that..."
"Yer kidding right... not feasibly possible..."
"Whoa... read that again...!"
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:18 pm
*Kero, meanwhile, has gone down to the kitchens, explaining his plan to Champhy*
So...would you be averse to helping him out, old friend? He needs this...more than he needs anyhitng else...
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:25 pm
The horse shifts to human form and plops down on a stool. "It's gotten that bad, huh. I was beginning to wonder about that. Trouble is, he's right. He could hide in his room and this place would carry on just fine. And iffin anything did go wrong, I truly doubt anyone would go to him. It's not that we don't like the lad... he's a fantastic kid... it's just he... he is too much one of us. Do you really think you can help him with this? And do we really want to? I mean... I've seen instances where younglings get a bit megalomaniac. He hasn't... and I can't see it happening as things are now... but if we teach him to assert himself... is he going to go overboard?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:29 pm
*Kero laughs*
Why do you think I'm here...to prevent that...I'm not above lessening someone's pride by taking things to the seat of the problem...so yes...I think we should do this....
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:34 pm
Champhy nods and smiles kindly at the mage. "Kerobiain, ye really do have a good heart. Don't ye ever let anyone tell ye otherwise... and well, thank ye."
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:35 pm
*Kero blushes*
Yer welcome...but don't tell anyone...I have a reputation to maintain, ye hear...I'll meet ye here in the morning...with Keva...
*Teleports off, letting the two read his book until eleven...when he teleports it back, replacing it with a note that tells them to hit the sack, jack*
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:42 pm
**note from northern woods... time to hit the sack on this end as well...**
Keva laughs and tells Averus to sleep by the fire if he wants, knowing that one of the reasons the horse loved to be in the kitchen was because of the great fireplaces they had there. Averus, it seemed, was always cold.
Then he goes to his own room and climbs into bed, staring at the ceiling for the longest time before he eventually drifts off to sleep.
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Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 10:46 pm
**Sleep well, heartsib**
*The next morning, Kero takes Keva down to the kitchens, telling him to be assertive...but not agressive, or cocky...they arrive in there...and Kero decides to start with a simple exercise...Champhy wants him to do something...and he doesn't think he should do it...*
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