It's quite all right, Miss. [ What a polite child. James had never been particularly sure of how to deal with children, habitually treating them like miniature adults instead of, well, like children. He'd like to have some of his own eventually in the future, a future that seemed nebulous at best, hinged on things out of his control.
The pang he felt at that thought was uncomfortably sharp. ]
Never you mind. Are your parents nearby? I would like to ask them a question or two.
[ Might as well get pointed in the right way, the provided map of the city was a bit dodgy for his liking. ]
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It's quite all right, Miss. [ What a polite child. James had never been particularly sure of how to deal with children, habitually treating them like miniature adults instead of, well, like children. He'd like to have some of his own eventually in the future, a future that seemed nebulous at best, hinged on things out of his control.
The pang he felt at that thought was uncomfortably sharp. ]
Never you mind. Are your parents nearby? I would like to ask them a question or two.
[ Might as well get pointed in the right way, the provided map of the city was a bit dodgy for his liking. ]