[ His smile broadens a bit, although it's bordering guilty-as-charged here ]
You're going to make me blush, but you're quite good at charming me aren't you?
We are, yes. You could say that she was my former ward. I helped raise her with another of our kind. I still consider her family even after she found her independence from me.
[ France's grin turns impish at the mention of preference. ]
What do you mean? Beyond 'my darling'? [ shameless flirting and all. ] I think that I'd like it if you called me France. It is who and what I am, after all.
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You're going to make me blush, but you're quite good at charming me aren't you?
We are, yes. You could say that she was my former ward. I helped raise her with another of our kind. I still consider her family even after she found her independence from me.
[ France's grin turns impish at the mention of preference. ]
What do you mean? Beyond 'my darling'? [ shameless flirting and all. ] I think that I'd like it if you called me France. It is who and what I am, after all.