SPOILER!!: The Dakests :3
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"Thanks!" Emma grinned and almost bounced but THAT would have had her loosing all her coins she had. "Mummy that's Toby." She looked up at her mum, relaying her new found information proudly, then her attention was back on Toby. "Do you go to Hogwarts with my Papa? We came to see him cause he's gotta stay here 'til..." The toddler released one hand and with her most focused face tried to count the months. "Um, I dunno how long 'til school is over but he gotta stay for that long. Except for when he visits us at night." Those where her favoritest nights cause she had mummy and lulu and papa. And sometimes they let her sleep in their bed!
That was a bit more than Arya wanted Emma to tell, and while she was used to Emma telling more than she should, it just made her uncomfortable considering past events that her daughter didn't know. At least it was only to a student. "Thank you, Toby. Like Emma said we're here to meet her father." But they most certanily were not here for butterbeer because of allergies and strong aversion reasons. "I hope we're not slowing you down." She remembered how precious time outside of the castle was. Arya looked back at her child. "Em, go ahead and Toby what coins you have."
"We got 'em ALL." While they talked about unimportant stuff, Emma had been walking all around them searching for stray coins and collecting them, even if they didn't belong to Toby. He could have them now and be their new owner! She walked back out to him and looked at the coins pooled in her skirt. "I think we got at least more than ten." She had a number of coins, all different colors. Her favorite were the little silver ones cause they were the shiniest. But she had a couple of bronze and gold coins too.
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Tazenhani It had been difficult to focus on his work today. Not only was it a beautiful day, but the prospect of seeing his family again had the words and lines on his paperwork swimming constantly before his eyes. Nothing worked for holding his attention, and he had found himself wandering to the window of his office several times before he decided that enough was enough.
It made him early, leaving Hogwarts to travel down to Hogsmeade, but Sabel figured that his time could be better spent shopping for some treat for his daughter and maybe something nice for his wife. He had a few coins to spare and more than enough of sitting around in a chair, idling the time by.
He was on his way to the candy shop, when a scene in the middle of the street stopped him in his tracks. It was instant recognition for the three of them, and he couldn't help but wonder at the odds of such a meeting. A full grin lit up his face as he watched his wife and daughter so diligently offering a helping hand, Emma hardly being shy in front of the older boy.
It always amazed him how much she had grown, and how fast she was growing up. It was a brief glimpse into the future, when he imagined her the same age as Fuller-Thompson. A glimpse he quickly shut away. He wasn't ready for such things. Needed a few more gray hairs on his head and practice with the students that were, at times, proving more of a teacher to him than he felt to them.
Heading over to the group, Sabel grinned broadly as he stopped just shy of Arya's shoulder, moving his hand to lightly touch her elbow as he gave Fuller-Thompson a nod and turned his smile down to his daughter. "That looks mighty heavy. Someone's grown some muscle's since I saw her last."
This kid was like... super adorable? Like SUPER adorable. Toby had never really
been around really little kids before, other than his little brother (who wasn't even one yet), not since he'd been one himself. So seeing Emma was like... too much. But not really. Would Curtis be as cute as this?
"I think I must do. I take every class, so maybe he's my teacher." Toby was sort of slow at processing things, sometimes. And that was the case with the information about the girl's father, but it
did trigger his memory. Eventually. Because there was a teacher at the school who'd told Toby about a daughter named Emma...
*DINK* There was the lightbulb switching on in Toby's head. This was Professor Dakest's family, surely. The thought made Toby smile, and he remembered sitting and conjuring flowers and stuff. He thought about bringing it up, but decided against it. What if the flower spell was going to be a surprise?
"That's awesome. I bet it's exciting whenever you get to see him," was what Toby eventually did say, and even he didn't know whether it was directed at Arya or Emma, so he just smiled at both of them.
"I know it is for me when I get to go see my dad." And he was like all full grown and everything. Time stretched out when you were a little kid, so it was probably waayayyayayayayyyyayyayyyyy more special. Toby smiled at Arya.
"Oh, no. Not slowing me down at all." Well, maybe that wasn't true, but sometimes Toby
liked to be slowed down, especially when it meant meeting new people. So he didn't feel bad about lying.
Back to Emma again.
"Wow, that's fantastic, I'm impressed," he replied, putting on his best dramatic 'WOAH' face. He cupped his hands and held them out.
"Can you put them into my hands for me?"
Toby kind of wanted to give her a couple of coins or something, to say thank you, but what if Arya didn't like that? Toby glanced at her now and spoke quietly.
"Is it maybe alright if I give-..."
But he trailed off and looked up, noticing that someone else had joined the group; Professor Dakest himself. He shut up then, forgetting he was midway through a sentence, and returned Dakest's nod. Still smiling of course, even though it was awk because this was a professor that Toby REALLY LIKED but also REALLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND AT ALL. He stayed quiet, not wanting to interrupt the moment of Emma seeing her dad again or anything.