Chapter 770
“And thus ends one task for the night,” Ben said as they walked home, trying to sound bright as they went. “Now all that’s left is to talk to Sonya and sort out Mora’s room, it will be great. Is there anything you want to have for it, buddy?”
“I don’t need anything.”
“Sure, but we’re not talking about need. Furniture you’d like, books or art or anything else?”
“...I’m fine.”
The kiddo’s definitely making this hard by keeping me from his thoughts.
Mind reading was just such a handy skill to cut out formality and get to the heart of any matter, having someone block him out couldn’t help but be a challenge in comparison, but if the kid wanted some privacy then Ben had to at least try and respect that no matter what challenges it raised, all while Thera brought up another issue.
“Oh gods above,” She muttered, realizing something she should have thought about long before. “Um, Mora, what would you want to do tomorrow? The option is either coming to work with me or Ben, but… I’m going to a hospital and there’s not going to be a lot I should be exposing a child to…”
“He can come with me while I work if you guys want. I’ll already be training Delair, I can teach him some stuff while I’m at it if he’d want.”
“Okay, maybe that would be for the best-”