No, they do not recognize the name. It's not one their father had deemed to share with them. Or, if he had, it's one long forgotten. But Grimm's behavior, the polite introduction... It's unexpected.
Perhaps it had just been very, very long since someone had last introduced themselves to them. It did happen, sometimes, when they were little. But that seems like an eternity ago, now.
And then, the question.
That, more than any of this, startles them. The way they look up is sudden and the way their gaze holds on Grimm is...
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No, they do not recognize the name. It's not one their father had deemed to share with them. Or, if he had, it's one long forgotten. But Grimm's behavior, the polite introduction... It's unexpected.
Perhaps it had just been very, very long since someone had last introduced themselves to them. It did happen, sometimes, when they were little. But that seems like an eternity ago, now.
And then, the question.
That, more than any of this, startles them. The way they look up is sudden and the way their gaze holds on Grimm is...
Uncomprehending.
Do... for them?
What would be the point in that?]