Garrot sputters a bit at the mention of not speaking to Luka for a week. The Princess can't see it, but Garrot is offended. His kids can ignore him as hard as they can (good luck) but he would never do the same to them.
But then Luka brings it back to his father. His kids. And he can't stay mad.
"He was... a great man. If I could just be half the man, the father he is..." Garrot sighs, trying not to get into too sappy a territory as he thinks about how lucky his kids are, with their dead parents and adoptions and trauma. So he redirects.
"My father might not have minded if he'd seen me with piercings and tattoos, but my mother?" He laughs, and suddenly he sounds like a rebellious teenager. "She lost her damn mind."
He is entirely neglecting to mention that his mother thought he was dead between her husband's funeral and when he showed up fresh from a monastery like five years later. But details.
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But then Luka brings it back to his father. His kids. And he can't stay mad.
"He was... a great man. If I could just be half the man, the father he is..." Garrot sighs, trying not to get into too sappy a territory as he thinks about how lucky his kids are, with their dead parents and adoptions and trauma. So he redirects.
"My father might not have minded if he'd seen me with piercings and tattoos, but my mother?" He laughs, and suddenly he sounds like a rebellious teenager. "She lost her damn mind."
He is entirely neglecting to mention that his mother thought he was dead between her husband's funeral and when he showed up fresh from a monastery like five years later. But details.