[ she'll even wake up early to help! look, she's already setting her phone alarm clock. with her phone slid into the pocket of the apron she had donned for dress-up ( as the lady-in-waiting ), she begins fluffing out one of their throw blankets. ]
As for the menu, we can do cheddar and tomato ... or maybe I can do something with the pesto I tried making the other day? [ that's phil, her mind always working. but it's never work when it comes to her family.
she marches up to jason to offer him the corners of the blanket so she can fold it properly. please and thank you. ]
[ He's mind pillow corralling when she brings him that blanket, but sets down the three he has (now in one convenient location) to grab onto the other end of that blanket. Between the two of them it really will only take a matter of minutes to get this all sorted and put away.
It's just easy to give Phil a little bit of a hard time as her big brother. ]
It was edible.
[ Like that, for example. The pesto honestly wasn't bad for a first attempt, not that all his years of living ever gave Jason a refined enough sense of taste to really be able to tell great pesto from mediocre stuff. ]
Edible. [ naturally, phil clutches her chest with a great gasp. there had been the perfect balance of basil, cheese, and pine nuts in her humble opinion!! it barely occurs to her that he might just be being a typical older brother in that moment. it does make her determined to retry her sauce in case it does need anything later.
she flits about the room, zigzagging as she collects all her scarves, draping them over her arms as she gathers the whole lot. the living room already looks more like a living room and less like royal chambers. ]
I'll chop the tomatoes and cheese after this, [ she adds, moving on from the offense quickly. ]
[ Jason laughs through his nose as he starts to move the furniture back to where it's meant to be, happy to do the heavy lifting part of this. Though a couple of chairs hardly counts as particularly heavy lifting, and he has a feeling Lily probably pushed them into place herself. ]
Sounds like I won't have much to do at all. You should at least let me pretend to help if you're going to volunteer me for it.
[ Though he guesses he could assemble already prepared ingredients. ]
You're just gonna give me a hard time for asking for your help, ( phil whines with a little shake of her shoulders to emphasize her point. there's no wonder that lily enjoys her company so much considering that her aunt can be so much like a kid herself. )
But. ( she brandishes one scarf, lightly thwapping him with it. )
If you want to help you can be in the sandwich assembly line tomorrow.
[ Other than years of knowing him. He definitely deserves that particular accusation being tossed his way. The two of them get along well, but it's hard to be around someone for multiple lifetimes without ever needling them from time to time.
He laughs at the useless thwapping as he picks up some more pillows on the floor. ]
No proof ... ?? What about my mind and our history? I am helping raise your little baby with these sandwiches!! ( phil tries to hiss all of this dramatically but she ends up laughing halfway through her faux tirade against jason. it's always going to be a younger sibling thing, having to stand your ground for one reason or another, even over silly sibling things such as this one.
normally, she is quite easygoing, letting everything flow like water off a duck's back, but sometimes she will break out the more combative moods for her older brother.
the living room looks more like itself - still pleasantly messy but without a fort in the middle of it this time. more functional. )
I know she'll be happy to eat a sandwich from papa, I can tell you that.
[ Phil's very reasonable proof still gets an exaggerated frown and a shake of the head from Jason, as if their centuries of history can't possibly be used against him like this.
Though he does at least stop shaking his head when she mentions that she's helping to raise his daughter. It's true, without a mother figure in Lily's life it has been great for her to still have an aunt who is as there for her as Phil is. Even as a joke he's not going to refute her help. ]
She'd be just as happy to eat it if it only came from you. She's not a picky girl.
( well. she preens a little, running her hand dramatically through her hair from root to tip. )
Well, I do have a magic touch and all. So.
( there was no doubt in her mind when she learned that her brother would have a child that she would rush to help him. of course, she would be grateful to have all the time with him after years apart, but they haven't really had a family to raise, roots to nurture and grow. their family is far from what modern people consider normal, so she is at least happy to provide another loving influence in her neice's life this way. )
We lucked out that way, so I hear. Imagine if she rejected broccoli? I'd be so heartbroken!
[ Jason isn't entirely certain what he said was a real compliment, considering he made the comment about Lily not being picky, but he won't burst Phil's bubble here either. She is a good cook, and she deserves a chance to have her go fed from time to time too.
After all the help that she's given him over the years, even before he had his daughter? The least he can do is pretend his teasing was proper praise.
And maybe offer a little real praise too. ]
Even if she did, I'm sure you'd find a way to bring her around on it.
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[ she'll even wake up early to help! look, she's already setting her phone alarm clock. with her phone slid into the pocket of the apron she had donned for dress-up ( as the lady-in-waiting ), she begins fluffing out one of their throw blankets. ]
As for the menu, we can do cheddar and tomato ... or maybe I can do something with the pesto I tried making the other day? [ that's phil, her mind always working. but it's never work when it comes to her family.
she marches up to jason to offer him the corners of the blanket so she can fold it properly. please and thank you. ]
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It's just easy to give Phil a little bit of a hard time as her big brother. ]
It was edible.
[ Like that, for example. The pesto honestly wasn't bad for a first attempt, not that all his years of living ever gave Jason a refined enough sense of taste to really be able to tell great pesto from mediocre stuff. ]
We could probably use all three.
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she flits about the room, zigzagging as she collects all her scarves, draping them over her arms as she gathers the whole lot. the living room already looks more like a living room and less like royal chambers. ]
I'll chop the tomatoes and cheese after this, [ she adds, moving on from the offense quickly. ]
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Sounds like I won't have much to do at all. You should at least let me pretend to help if you're going to volunteer me for it.
[ Though he guesses he could assemble already prepared ingredients. ]
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But. ( she brandishes one scarf, lightly thwapping him with it. )
If you want to help you can be in the sandwich assembly line tomorrow.
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[ Other than years of knowing him. He definitely deserves that particular accusation being tossed his way. The two of them get along well, but it's hard to be around someone for multiple lifetimes without ever needling them from time to time.
He laughs at the useless thwapping as he picks up some more pillows on the floor. ]
I can probably manage that much.
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younger sibling thing, having to stand your ground for one reason or another, even over silly sibling things such as this one.
normally, she is quite easygoing, letting everything flow like water off a duck's back, but sometimes she will break out the more combative moods for her older brother.
the living room looks more like itself - still pleasantly messy but without a fort in the middle of it this time. more functional. )
I know she'll be happy to eat a sandwich from papa, I can tell you that.
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Though he does at least stop shaking his head when she mentions that she's helping to raise his daughter. It's true, without a mother figure in Lily's life it has been great for her to still have an aunt who is as there for her as Phil is. Even as a joke he's not going to refute her help. ]
She'd be just as happy to eat it if it only came from you. She's not a picky girl.
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Well, I do have a magic touch and all. So.
( there was no doubt in her mind when she learned that her brother would have a child that she would rush to help him. of course, she would be grateful to have all the time with him after years apart, but they haven't really had a family to raise, roots to nurture and grow. their family is far from what modern people consider normal, so she is at least happy to provide another loving influence in her neice's life this way. )
We lucked out that way, so I hear. Imagine if she rejected broccoli? I'd be so heartbroken!
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After all the help that she's given him over the years, even before he had his daughter? The least he can do is pretend his teasing was proper praise.
And maybe offer a little real praise too. ]
Even if she did, I'm sure you'd find a way to bring her around on it.