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Aqua Giggling Harmony
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>Ask his name, ask feelings, offer pastry.
“I’m sorry, my child, I shouldn’t have been so quiet on the ride here, I was listening to the instructor. My name is Toriel, what is yours?”
“…Clod…Clod Smith.”
“Oh, wow.”
“Yeah, it’s…”
“That’s a wonderful name!”
“…What?”
“Oh, you mean you don’t know? Clod means “brave” in my mother tongue.”
“I…really?”
“Yes! Has your family lived near Mount Ebott for long?”
“N-not really, my grandparents all moved here some decades back, I think, but they didn’t really know anything about the… um… the monsters in the mountain.”
“Oh, how strange… Still, you really are very brave for coming all the way here to help an old stranger clean a ruined house.”
“That’s because my parents told me I should help out?”
“I apologize, what would you rather be doing right now?”
“Reading, studying, maybe playing with my little brother…”
“Well, I appreciate that you are here giving me a hand, even if you would rather be doing something else. Say, does your brother like candy treats?"
“…Heh..yes, he loves them, why?”
“I’ve been thinking what if, to make up for your time spent here, I were to bake a big butterscotch cake for you and your family?”
“Uh…I tasted scotch once, it was really bitter. You say it tastes better with butter?
“Ahahaha, no, silly! Butterscotch is type of candy! Butterscotch cakes are my specialty. I’m a very good baker if I say so myself. Would like to try one out if I give it to you tomorrow?”
“I…I guess I could do it, yes.”
Clod is still not smiling, but he appears attentive and no longer gloomy. That is a good start.
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