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[thefuturemrpond.livejournal.com]

The weather was starting to get warmer now. Rory thought this would be a good day to get out of the castle.

He was wandering the grounds fairly aimlessly, not sure he wanted to see anyone, until he found himself approaching A's garden. A was there, taking measurements in the dirt. Rory paused, frowning. Even from a distance, A looked...

...honestly? He looks like I feel.

He came a little closer, concerned. "Um... hi."

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[thefuturemrpond.livejournal.com]

"It's always good, to be able to help. Even when it doesn't feel like much." He'd learned that plenty of times.

(It was definitely a better solution to anything than chopping people's hands off.)

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"Yes, I, I'm..." A's breath caught in his throat and he forced himself to breathe slowly. "It is a good thing to have learned the things I have learned. It feels good to give things I have grown to the house elves to use in the kitchen when I am not using them myself."

Maybe someday he would feel like cooking again.

[thefuturemrpond.livejournal.com]

"That - it is, that's good. And you'll always have that. Everything you've learned." From what he remembered, A had had to learn a lot of things fast. He didn't know details, but he didn't get a good impression of the kind of people who'd name someone a single letter.

[i-am-an-hero.livejournal.com]

"I don't want you to think, I, the, the plants in the garden, the fruit growing here." He smiled a bit anxiously. "It is still for everyone to enjoy. I, just because it is used in the kitchen doesn't mean you won't still be able to take some to enjoy when you are out for a walk."

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Rory smiled, reassuringly. (He hoped.) "Okay. I'll remember that. I can come by more often, if you'd like that. If you need help." In whatever sense might be implied, there.

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"I'm not used to spending so much of my time alone," A said quietly. "To, to bringing a picnic basket to the garden, and no one coming to visit and share it with."

[thefuturemrpond.livejournal.com]

"...well. Then I'll come to visit. And if you need a hand again - I'm no expert, but I do know a bit about gardening."