[The Other Father can't help but keep a small, truthfully amused smile as he gets a little closer and leans down in front.
He doesn't like that John's got low self-esteem with this, or that he's scared or that this is even happening to him. He can relate to his boy and what with how the Other Mother doesn't seem to be turning up...]
Neither did I- when I had to turn back, that was.
[He chuckles, remembering down-times between the children; it isn't a nice memory, but he feels it can help here, if John can relate to something. He wouldn't usually tell the kids, but with it almost being a year and the Other Mother not arriving to take him away, he figures telling a smart boy like John a little bit of something helpful might be interesting. He doesn't expect him to run away, after all. If this were a new child who wasn't sure of him, he might not want to scare them away... but John's been there since the beginning.]
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He doesn't like that John's got low self-esteem with this, or that he's scared or that this is even happening to him. He can relate to his boy and what with how the Other Mother doesn't seem to be turning up...]
Neither did I- when I had to turn back, that was.
[He chuckles, remembering down-times between the children; it isn't a nice memory, but he feels it can help here, if John can relate to something. He wouldn't usually tell the kids, but with it almost being a year and the Other Mother not arriving to take him away, he figures telling a smart boy like John a little bit of something helpful might be interesting. He doesn't expect him to run away, after all. If this were a new child who wasn't sure of him, he might not want to scare them away... but John's been there since the beginning.]