He would watch with calculating eyes as the man he did not recognize began to speak. He did not really remind him of his father, and so his jaw would unhinge slightly when he admitted his relation to the young boy. Gerhardt would laugh, watching him with compassion that even Quintus could not deny existed in the older man's gaze. 'You have grown up quite handsomely, are all of your siblings as large and well-build as you?' There was an obvious bit of pride in the boy's laugh, but as Cassius scampered up beside him, he would simply gesture toward his smaller brother with his nose and scoff quietly. Clearly not, though Amalia was not as small as Cassius, and Arian was decently sized as well.
Quietly Cassius would introduce the two of them, and for once he would not lean to nip at his smaller brother. He knew the boy was shy, for reasons completely unknown to him -- and he had learned quickly his speech was different, and not to tease him about it. Loccian greeted him and he grinned at her lightly. He wasn't particularly friendly to everyone, but she was a nice woman and he had no reason to be anything but the same in return. "Why'd you leave for so long?" He questioned his grandfather, unsure if he should use his name or just call him by his title -- his brows would furrow as he wondered where he had been. Maverick had told him about Gerhardt, and that he was gone -- but that he would meet him someday. He just hadn't realized today would be the day.
Loccian would question if his parents were nearby, and he would roll his shoulders in a careless shrug. "Dunno," he said simply. He wasn't particularly concerned with calling them here -- truthfully, he didn't know his Gerhardt's return was such a big deal, and his parents had been rather miserable and irritable lately. Some time away from them would be nice, he thought ... he really had no idea how badly the two adults might want to see them.
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