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It was fine. Strapping young men all too often struggled with acknowledging when they were not fine and had even more difficulty with accepting help. He ought to know, he was one of those several eons ago. "...and now being struck with Dark magic has aggravated the condition and cause a few set backs in your healing process," he nodded, feeling those were safe assumptions to have considering what he did know about Dark magic and his own first aid experience. Which, granted, was mostly limited to scraped knees and bumps of the head on the kitchen table...but he had raised four children of his own and three of them boys. "In any case, it is good to see you on the mend, my boy."
Charles was able to smile often these days, even if those smiles may not always reach his eyes nor bring out his signature twinkle...but the prospect of seeing one of his work grandchildren managed to do the trick. "That would be an absolute delight," he beamed, chest puffing out a bit. "You know, on occasion they do let me head to the children's ward for a bit of story time for those in the waiting room or for those long term patients. If you give me an idea for a when, I will see about borrowing some of their picture books." He could read a couple of stories to Elio from his bed or on this very couch. Perhaps the whole family could come together for
visit...
Reaching forward again for his cup, Charles nursed the temperature with a couple of gentle blows over the surface and took a small sip. The Minister assumed this had to do with all the paperwork that in those folders on the table, or perhaps something to do with Fletcher's surely outstanding job with being acting Minister, or anything work related at all. Perhaps Kaiser was about to tell him about his sinking approval ratings, though he had no evidence of this being true. Nor did he false. "But of course," he chuckled, taking one more sip before setting his cup back down and then folded his hands one over the other and rested them on his slightly propped up left knee. "I always value hearing what you have to say."
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