[Hendrik tries to pay attention to Jasper as he checks on the temperature of the milk, regretting the fact that he hadn't thought to buy another bottle. The bread trick is more ... laborious, to be sure, and it seemed like the baby was not having difficulty with drinking from the bottle.]
...Perhaps it was not as meaningful as I imagine such relations to be, but your-- ah, lover still carried this baby to term and decided she wanted a better life for her. She is fortunate to have someone as responsible as you to turn to.
[In all his sincerity, he doesn't even realize how badly a comment like that can be taken.
As he works on tearing off a piece of bread from the half-loaf he had bought, he grimaces inwardly at his stumbling over the word "lover." It's not as if he cannot imagine Jasper with a lover. Perhaps there's just something to acknowledging that thought aloud that makes it awkward.
He dips the end of the bread in the warm milk and holds it out to Jasper.]
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...Perhaps it was not as meaningful as I imagine such relations to be, but your-- ah, lover still carried this baby to term and decided she wanted a better life for her. She is fortunate to have someone as responsible as you to turn to.
[In all his sincerity, he doesn't even realize how badly a comment like that can be taken.
As he works on tearing off a piece of bread from the half-loaf he had bought, he grimaces inwardly at his stumbling over the word "lover." It's not as if he cannot imagine Jasper with a lover. Perhaps there's just something to acknowledging that thought aloud that makes it awkward.
He dips the end of the bread in the warm milk and holds it out to Jasper.]