>>24823243You offer him a casual shrug. This guy doesn't even know the half of it. "Trust me, curious children are one of the least annoying things I've seen in my life..."
"Is that so?" he questions. "Hm. I guess it's of little concern to me what you do either way. That said.." he raises his bone at you. "This town is quite small, and yet, I don't believe we've met."
"O-Oh!" you stutter, hitting a blockade of deja vu. "E-Er, m-must be bad fortune that we've never crossed paths! Unlucky coincidence! I-I'm uh, C-Calem Calemson! I ran into this little guy causing some mischief... and stuff!"
Seemingly accepting your flimsy excuse and story, he doesn't press you on any further and lowers his hardy club. "Gragh.. As if I should have expected anything else. It's always something with this pest.. I suppose it's only common courtesy to reciprocate the introduction. I am Councilman Garakaw, a head adviser of the mayor's. And this child.. /Midoro/.. He happens to be my ward."
"Whoa! You mean like a-"
"I am his guardian, yes." he confirms, gaze briefly wandering to the unconscious hedgehog. "Not that he is aware of such. He needn't know of our lack of relation, it's not what defines a bond anyway. I take it you agree?"
>What do you say next? 