[Oh. Oh, that warms his heart, and the resulting smile on his face has a brilliance that puts his former attempts at the expression to shame. He's not brave enough to kiss her back, not yet, but he does reach down to her free hand and tangle it up in his as a wordless gesture of approval.]
Then I shall stay.
[The words come easily to him, and why not? It's not as if he has anywhere else to go. That he'd so quickly found someone to help him, someone who seemed to need a companion as much as he did--
--maybe it was coincidence and maybe it was the magical forces working in ways he doesn't yet understand, but it feels right. Maybe (almost certainly) his creators hadn't intended for this to happen, but if the pieces of the puzzle fit together there's no reason not to try.
He feels confident that he'll be able to sleep now. And so.]
Good night, Wanda.
[With no trouble at all, he drifts off into the unconsciousness of a golem's rest. It's not true sleep - it won't feel like a human sleeping to her powers -but it's not too far off it, either.]
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Then I shall stay.
[The words come easily to him, and why not? It's not as if he has anywhere else to go. That he'd so quickly found someone to help him, someone who seemed to need a companion as much as he did--
--maybe it was coincidence and maybe it was the magical forces working in ways he doesn't yet understand, but it feels right. Maybe (almost certainly) his creators hadn't intended for this to happen, but if the pieces of the puzzle fit together there's no reason not to try.
He feels confident that he'll be able to sleep now. And so.]
Good night, Wanda.
[With no trouble at all, he drifts off into the unconsciousness of a golem's rest. It's not true sleep - it won't feel like a human sleeping to her powers -but it's not too far off it, either.]