[I'm sorry I know this is like a serious conversation but the word "abscond" always paints the funniest mental image in my head
Luckily Childe doesn't have that problem; he just looks surprised to hear it.]
No wonder she made an odd face when I asked how you'd met. We were talking about the military at first, so I thought maybe you'd been stationed with her, but she said you'd been a member of the House since birth.
[Which is fair; it's Gideon's privacy, after all. Childe, in fact, should probably be more worried about what Scaramouche might be telling others about him, but. Eh. Different situation.]
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Luckily Childe doesn't have that problem; he just looks surprised to hear it.]
No wonder she made an odd face when I asked how you'd met. We were talking about the military at first, so I thought maybe you'd been stationed with her, but she said you'd been a member of the House since birth.
[Which is fair; it's Gideon's privacy, after all. Childe, in fact, should probably be more worried about what Scaramouche might be telling others about him, but. Eh. Different situation.]