[Semi-Closed Post] the 'how are you's

[lanselos_du_lac]

It's a couple of days before Lancelot is feeling well enough, and before Susan is willing to let him out of her sight. He is still tired -- the incident with Magnus was surprisingly taxing, given the chill and the fever -- and he looks it.

He is dressed in a pair of jeans and a sweater, and he convinces Susan that he's feeling well enough, he needs to check on Magnus. In truth, he still feels on the mend, but giving into the urge to keep sleeping for another day or two would feel wrong.

So he ventures out, first to get coffee and then to seek Magnus. He decides to forego drills today, as he doesn't suppose he has the strength. He isn't entirely sure where to find Magnus, but he heads instinctively for the greenhouse, since that's where he left him. (Lancelot knows he might well find him elsewhere, but this is a good starting point.)

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[summerdude]

Is he... good at this? Magnus signs to Galahad, incredulous.

[onthewillowsthere]

He's good at this, he signs back, impassive.

[lanselos_du_lac]

On another sweep, Drosera nearly catches it and Lancelot says to her, in a doting tone, "Such a splendid hunter-- didst nearly have it!"

[summerdude]

baby hunt!!!! Dro cries, swiping at the feather.

[onthewillowsthere]

Fine. If he doesn't have the camera, he can at least try to sketch it. He retrieves his sketchbook from the floor by Magnus' tomato plant.

[lanselos_du_lac]

After another pass or two, Lancelot lets the feather dip lower, gives her the opportunity to catch it.

[summerdude]

And Drosera surges up, capturing it in her beak and dragging it from Lancelot's hand with her talons, making her squeaky little growl as she murders that feather to death.

"Isn't she the best?" Magnus says, serenely. He'll have to get another feather. She's shredding this one.

[onthewillowsthere]

Luckily, they took long enough to get to the feather-murder that Galahad has a passable sketch. He looks up at Lancelot and what surely will be his approval of their daughter.

[lanselos_du_lac]

"She is a fierce hunter, indeed," Lancelot says, all approval. "Very fine."

[summerdude]

Okay, okay, Magnus officially can't resist. "Say thanks, grandmama," he tells Drosera, with a tiniest apologetic glance to Galahad.

[onthewillowsthere]

Galahad shrugs.

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot shoots Magnus a skeptical look, only very faintly amused.

[summerdude]

Meanwhile, Dro is staring at Lancelot. what's grandmama? mama silly!!!

"I'll explain later," Magnus tells her, a little bummed and a little embarrassed that the joke didn't land on multiple levels. "Say thanks, dickface."

This, Drosera has no issues with. She rolls over at Lancelot's feet. dickface!! dickface baby!!!!

Obviously Magnus translates this one out loud, so Lancelot can benefit from the translation, too.

[onthewillowsthere]

Drosera is obviously trying to get Lancelot to stroke her belly, but this is a trap designed for latching onto hands with her bill and talons and kicking frantically with her hind feet, as if a hand were capable of being disemboweled.

"Don't pet her," he tells Lancelot, in case he's unfamiliar.

[lanselos_du_lac]

Lancelot laughs, and reaches down to -- very cautiously and quickly -- scritch the top of her head, without giving her the chance to latch onto him.

[summerdude]

"Why won't you let her rip your hand off?" Magnus asks, laughing and nudging Drosera's belly with his toe so she can go to town on his foot instead.

[onthewillowsthere]

She takes advantage of an actual grabbable prey item and begins gnawing fiercely on his shoe.

[lanselos_du_lac]

"Well, Magnus," Lancelot says, gamely, "I make good use of my hands, and prefer them uninjured."

[summerdude]

"Even though her stomach is making the rumblies that only hands can satisfy?" he asks, very bravely not making a joke about what use Lancelot could even get from his hands, twitching his shoe away from her when she threatens to actually bite through it. "Gently," he tells her, and then lets her attack his foot again.

To Galahad, he signs, It's a reference. I'll explain later.

[onthewillowsthere]

Okay, easily enough. He's still trying to get through this picture.

[lanselos_du_lac]

"I do not get the impression that she is lacking food."

[summerdude]

"Nah, the hunters here have her covered."

[onthewillowsthere]

"She can hunt too."

[lanselos_du_lac]

"Of course," playfully poking Drosera while her attention is on Magnus' shoe, "we've already seen that she is skilled."

[summerdude]

Drosera snaps idly at Lancelot's hand, but her attention is on Magnus's shoelace.