Raven closed her eyes for a moment. She'd never been made to be a parent. Now Charles, here he was practically raising an entire school full of children. She was the one who was turning them into soldiers. But how could she sit by and watch a child - this child - be worried about his safety.
"Let's see if I've got this right," she said quietly, opening her eyes and fixing him with a steady gaze. "You can't sleep or you're not sleeping because you have nightmares. You say this place isn't stressful, but you're also not saying very loudly that whatever the nightmares are have something to do with worrying about something. Something here."
Not that she could really blame him. She'd brought him here and one of the first things that had happened was the entire thing had blown up. If that wasn't something to set young minds to have nightmares, she wasn't sure what was. But if that was the only thing on his mind, half of the school would be down here with him.
"What else am I missing?"
She doubted anyone would be able to say she had a maternal bone in her body, but this was as close as she was able to get.
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Date: 2017-04-07 09:45 am (UTC)"Let's see if I've got this right," she said quietly, opening her eyes and fixing him with a steady gaze. "You can't sleep or you're not sleeping because you have nightmares. You say this place isn't stressful, but you're also not saying very loudly that whatever the nightmares are have something to do with worrying about something. Something here."
Not that she could really blame him. She'd brought him here and one of the first things that had happened was the entire thing had blown up. If that wasn't something to set young minds to have nightmares, she wasn't sure what was. But if that was the only thing on his mind, half of the school would be down here with him.
"What else am I missing?"
She doubted anyone would be able to say she had a maternal bone in her body, but this was as close as she was able to get.