They aren’t wielding anything, but really, how much damage could a child do? They have knives? Adam is surrounded by knives and has a gun hidden under his coat. He can certainly take one child if things go wrong…
But they won’t. He’s confident that being polite will circumvent any need for violence. Just act friendly, just act like Barnaby would. Either this is the child Barnaby gets along well with, or the one that he doesn’t, and even then, he would never act rude. So he stays calm, oblivious to the fact that he should be uneasy.
At least until he hears those words. Then he looks at the plant with complete surprise, picking it up by the stem.
“These are? ...Wait, nightshade, isn’t it? I should have guessed.” He sighs at himself, apparently annoyed that he made such an avoidable mistake. “Thank goodness you told me. I would have given this to Kotetsu otherwise…”
No, he had other plans for this recipe, and he’ll probably still follow up on those plans if he can get the kid to leave. So he offers a sheepish grin.
“Sorry that you had to interfere. You don’t have to stick around.”
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But they won’t. He’s confident that being polite will circumvent any need for violence. Just act friendly, just act like Barnaby would. Either this is the child Barnaby gets along well with, or the one that he doesn’t, and even then, he would never act rude. So he stays calm, oblivious to the fact that he should be uneasy.
At least until he hears those words. Then he looks at the plant with complete surprise, picking it up by the stem.
“These are? ...Wait, nightshade, isn’t it? I should have guessed.” He sighs at himself, apparently annoyed that he made such an avoidable mistake. “Thank goodness you told me. I would have given this to Kotetsu otherwise…”
No, he had other plans for this recipe, and he’ll probably still follow up on those plans if he can get the kid to leave. So he offers a sheepish grin.
“Sorry that you had to interfere. You don’t have to stick around.”