"You'd have managed it without my help," Derrica deflects, turning her gaze from Hamish's retreating form to Marcus. "Bringing him out to see was a good idea."
With one hand, she cinches the folds of her cloak back around her body against the cold.
"You're good with them," she continues. "We'd have had a harder time without you accompanying us."
It feels right to tell him. He's a grown man, and likely doesn't care very much for her praise, but this is the truth. Marcus is capable at wrangling children in a very different way than Barrow and Matthias. There's an aspect to his presence here that tempers Barrow's bluster and Matthias' eagerness, steadies Six and Laura's uncertainty. He has some experience, Derrica thinks. She doesn't ask, because she can piece together some of his life just from assumption. He'd likely had some young mages in his care, and Derrica is hesitant to ask directly for fear that the rebellion hadn't been kind to them.
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With one hand, she cinches the folds of her cloak back around her body against the cold.
"You're good with them," she continues. "We'd have had a harder time without you accompanying us."
It feels right to tell him. He's a grown man, and likely doesn't care very much for her praise, but this is the truth. Marcus is capable at wrangling children in a very different way than Barrow and Matthias. There's an aspect to his presence here that tempers Barrow's bluster and Matthias' eagerness, steadies Six and Laura's uncertainty. He has some experience, Derrica thinks. She doesn't ask, because she can piece together some of his life just from assumption. He'd likely had some young mages in his care, and Derrica is hesitant to ask directly for fear that the rebellion hadn't been kind to them.