[Jasper briefly looks down at the child to see if she looks calmer, and... the fact of the matter is that the baby is very young and very vulnerable, and he at least needs to keep her healthy until he can find a better caretaker than a single male knight living in a castle with a king who’s possessed by a demon and no one else has noticed it.
(Alternatively, a single male knight going mad from stress and hallucinating that the king has been possessed by a demon. He’s wondered about the possibility more than once over the past few years.)
And someone should probably be keeping an eye on her, and she’s better off in here where it’s warm instead of being dragged around the city in the snow...
...instead of continuing his protest, he lets out an affronted sigh.]
...fine. Just tell me what I owe you when you return.
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[Jasper briefly looks down at the child to see if she looks calmer, and... the fact of the matter is that the baby is very young and very vulnerable, and he at least needs to keep her healthy until he can find a better caretaker than a single male knight living in a castle with a king who’s possessed by a demon and no one else has noticed it.
(Alternatively, a single male knight going mad from stress and hallucinating that the king has been possessed by a demon. He’s wondered about the possibility more than once over the past few years.)
And someone should probably be keeping an eye on her, and she’s better off in here where it’s warm instead of being dragged around the city in the snow...
...instead of continuing his protest, he lets out an affronted sigh.]
...fine. Just tell me what I owe you when you return.