Horror 101, Monday

[chosehumanity]

Mitchell wasn't... looking quite as collected as usual today. He was leaning against the back of the classroom, and that was that. In the center of the room were a big stack of fairy tale books, most of them European.

"So I gather you're all a bit busy right now," he started, "I thought I'd get something full of horror for the younger ones. And I have fingerpaints. You know."

A beat.

"Encourage your children to write. Or draw. Or do it yourself. Make something scary and show it off. Enjoy the vacation. And remember - this is how most of us start with our horror. As cautionary tales."

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Re: Talk to Mitchell

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

"I like the books, Mr. Mitchell." This came from a shy-seeming little boy with a French accent, and a Jack watching him keenly from across the room. "Do you think I'm too big for them?"

Annika's opinions, it seemed, were persuasive.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"I don't think anyone's too old for the books," Mitchell confided. "Some of them are just too immature to realise that."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

This, it seemed, was the right answer, and Felix broke into a smile. "Annika, she said the books were for babies. She's only a little older than me. I'm going to tell her she's the baby."

... because that would end well.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

... Yes.

Mitchell pulled a face for a second. "She's a girl," he said, quickly. "They don't quite ever learn how to... listen to that kind of logic."

A month from now, Annie accidentally nearly whacked him extra with a kitchen implement for that.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

Felix looked over at Annika and made a face before confiding, "Then girls are silly. I don't think I like having a sister."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"I never had a sister," Mitchell confided back. "But I'm not sure I was better off for it."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

"I only got her Saturday," Felix said, as if he was speaking of a particularly troublesome puppy. "I hope Jack and Sebastien don't decide I need a real sister at home."

Or, worse, that she wouldn't follow him home. Perish the thought.

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"You're Jack's, then," Mitchell said, not that he was surprised. "You might come off scott-free yet. Not that girls are always that bad."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[ofthe-blood.livejournal.com]

"That's what Jack says," Felix noted.

He was withholding judgment about girls -- though the comment made him realize he hadn't introduced himself. "And yes, I am. My name is Felix de Ulloa."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[chosehumanity]

"Nice to meet you, Felix," Mitchell said, tilting up his chin. Some of the Irish lilt was seeping through heavier than usual, but he'd chalk that up to... something.

It had been an odd weekend.

"Just don't let anything she says get to you."

Re: Talk to Mitchell

[bitten_notshy]

"I won't," Felix promised, just before Jack wandered over to intervene and retrieve his child. Annika was busy with Emma, and he was getting a bit lonely.

"What were you two talking about?" he asked, curious.

"About how Annika's wrong but I shouldn't listen to her too much," Felix supplied.

Jack shrugged a little. "They aren't exactly taking to each other," he told Mitchell.