"I don't think you need to worry about your uncle, at least not for a little while."
She led him into the kitchen, hoping he'd take some reassurance from the familiarity of it. Kitchens were... normal places, especially for kids. Kitchens meant food, comfort, safety, places they spent time with their parents in... in better times at any rate.
"But as for the bed, there's a place for the kids here somewhere, or you could come home with me. Either way, we're not going to make you work. You might get some chores here and there, but not like, march you to the mines."
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Date: 2011-09-04 11:51 am (UTC)She led him into the kitchen, hoping he'd take some reassurance from the familiarity of it. Kitchens were... normal places, especially for kids. Kitchens meant food, comfort, safety, places they spent time with their parents in... in better times at any rate.
"But as for the bed, there's a place for the kids here somewhere, or you could come home with me. Either way, we're not going to make you work. You might get some chores here and there, but not like, march you to the mines."