The boy finally picked himself up again, giving Kadaj one last terrified look before hurrying back to his mother's side and clinging to her tightly, hiding his face in her neck while she glared at the two of them, her anger at their actions for the moment overriding her fear. Took her long enough, really. He was as disgusted as Yazoo was that she hadn't brought herself to speak earlier, or at least found some way to break free of the others and save her child. Stupid, weak thing... then again, perhaps he should be taking his own advice and not be expecting so much from a bunch of humans. Clearly the boy had inherited all his redeeming qualities from his father.
Kadaj gave the two of them an almost wistful-looking smile before turning away and shutting the door to the car again. Wouldn't want to needlessly endanger anyone after all... After that, he found his seat again, ignoring the rest of the people as they seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief before starting to murmur amongst themselves, avoiding eye contact again even though there were a few that, like the boy had before, started sneaking in a few glances at him. They seemed to think it was more or less safe now, at least. The fools... he was tempted to whirl on them now and summon another Shadow Creeper-- or maybe just say "Boo!" and watch them all jump? Hmmm... no, maybe not. Not this time, at least.
He didn't answer his brother for a long moment, instead directing his gaze again out the window and the scenery going by. He wondered if he should tell him he actually had been considering throwing someone out of the train-- not the child, certainly, especially after he had said those things, but one of the other passengers... well, it didn't matter now. Maybe he would permit everyone the illusion of safety for a little while longer.
"Thank you, Yazoo; you were a wonderful accompaniment as well. Or maybe 'accomplice' would be more accurate?" He laughed softly, smiling as he looked at him finally. "And yes, she's a rather disappointing mother, but a child like that needs someone, at least... such bravery. She really should be proud of him." He gave the woman in question a look, and she nodded quickly in agreement once she noticed it, holding her son a little bit tighter. Relaxing once more, Kadaj turned his attention back to his brother, expression almost serene now as he replied, "I think we should be getting there soon, though, so there's no need to worry. If not, we might need to speak to the conductor about speeding things up... assuming this heap can go any faster, that is."
That turned out to be unnecessary, though, as the same trembling voice from before announced that they had arrived at their destination and would all passengers leaving at this stop please disembark with all their belongings... dull stuff like that. Kadaj tuned out everything past the part where it had been stated they had arrived, and he quickly rose from his seat as the train slowed, going again to the door and all but bouncing on the balls of his feet as he waited impatiently for them to come to a complete stop.
"Come, Yazoo~ Mother is waiting for us!" he exclaimed, the smile audible in his voice. "There's more walking to do, unfortunately, but you're rested enough by now that you can tackle it, right? I am. I can't wait..."
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Kadaj gave the two of them an almost wistful-looking smile before turning away and shutting the door to the car again. Wouldn't want to needlessly endanger anyone after all... After that, he found his seat again, ignoring the rest of the people as they seemed to let out a collective sigh of relief before starting to murmur amongst themselves, avoiding eye contact again even though there were a few that, like the boy had before, started sneaking in a few glances at him. They seemed to think it was more or less safe now, at least. The fools... he was tempted to whirl on them now and summon another Shadow Creeper-- or maybe just say "Boo!" and watch them all jump? Hmmm... no, maybe not. Not this time, at least.
He didn't answer his brother for a long moment, instead directing his gaze again out the window and the scenery going by. He wondered if he should tell him he actually had been considering throwing someone out of the train-- not the child, certainly, especially after he had said those things, but one of the other passengers... well, it didn't matter now. Maybe he would permit everyone the illusion of safety for a little while longer.
"Thank you, Yazoo; you were a wonderful accompaniment as well. Or maybe 'accomplice' would be more accurate?" He laughed softly, smiling as he looked at him finally. "And yes, she's a rather disappointing mother, but a child like that needs someone, at least... such bravery. She really should be proud of him." He gave the woman in question a look, and she nodded quickly in agreement once she noticed it, holding her son a little bit tighter. Relaxing once more, Kadaj turned his attention back to his brother, expression almost serene now as he replied, "I think we should be getting there soon, though, so there's no need to worry. If not, we might need to speak to the conductor about speeding things up... assuming this heap can go any faster, that is."
That turned out to be unnecessary, though, as the same trembling voice from before announced that they had arrived at their destination and would all passengers leaving at this stop please disembark with all their belongings... dull stuff like that. Kadaj tuned out everything past the part where it had been stated they had arrived, and he quickly rose from his seat as the train slowed, going again to the door and all but bouncing on the balls of his feet as he waited impatiently for them to come to a complete stop.
"Come, Yazoo~ Mother is waiting for us!" he exclaimed, the smile audible in his voice. "There's more walking to do, unfortunately, but you're rested enough by now that you can tackle it, right? I am. I can't wait..."