"... The Rose Queen is your mum?" Yikes. Like, okay, he'd expected the Rose Queen to be somehow involved, mostly because of the thorns on Steven's shoulders and the whole rose and thorns concept, but that wasn't even something that he'd contemplated at all.
At least, in hindsight, it does explain why Steven used to stay with only his dad, and how his mother has never been in the picture. Matt's own mother had gossiped about a bitter divorce when Matt was old enough to understand what it meant, although he'd never really believed that. Greg was just too nice of a person.
But anyway, that isn't too important now. What's important is that Steven seems to be on the verge of a panic attack, and while he's good with dealing with kids, he's not really that good in dealing with emotional kids. He tries, but he's... never really had a stellar track record.
"Pretty sure they can." He's trying to sound reassuring, and even if he can't cross his fingers, he's probably doing it mentally. "Helen's pretty good at this kind of thing, if you go talk to her later, she'll see what she can do to keep the Rose Queen away from this place, okay?"
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At least, in hindsight, it does explain why Steven used to stay with only his dad, and how his mother has never been in the picture. Matt's own mother had gossiped about a bitter divorce when Matt was old enough to understand what it meant, although he'd never really believed that. Greg was just too nice of a person.
But anyway, that isn't too important now. What's important is that Steven seems to be on the verge of a panic attack, and while he's good with dealing with kids, he's not really that good in dealing with emotional kids. He tries, but he's... never really had a stellar track record.
"Pretty sure they can." He's trying to sound reassuring, and even if he can't cross his fingers, he's probably doing it mentally. "Helen's pretty good at this kind of thing, if you go talk to her later, she'll see what she can do to keep the Rose Queen away from this place, okay?"