[Now he does glance down at the book, noting the page number and setting it neatly aside before returning his attention to her, eyes bright.]
Where and when, Abigail?
[He has stopped concerning himself with whether people will like him or not; often the answer is not, and there is little enough he can or is willing to do to change that. It matters little to him, now that he is no longer alone in the world and dependent on one other person to translate it for him. That Abigail believes her mother would have liked him is not a statement made to soothe him, anyway.]
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[Now he does glance down at the book, noting the page number and setting it neatly aside before returning his attention to her, eyes bright.]
Where and when, Abigail?
[He has stopped concerning himself with whether people will like him or not; often the answer is not, and there is little enough he can or is willing to do to change that. It matters little to him, now that he is no longer alone in the world and dependent on one other person to translate it for him. That Abigail believes her mother would have liked him is not a statement made to soothe him, anyway.]