Re: quicklog: wren, luke, jack
[Wren nodded a little gratefully when Jack said he wouldn't mind something to eat. She liked the distraction of the kitchen, even if it didn't come with the blank mania of soup, and soup, and soup. But some of her fondest memories of her maman were wrapped in kitchen light and the scent of herbs, and whenever she was stressed it helped. It wasn't as a good as the safe claustrophobia of a closet, but it was close, and she kind of hoped Jack would get Luke talking while she prepared something.
Gus ran off to get his game, but Wren intercepted him with the promise of letting him help her make something for Uncle Jack to eat. Gus, he liked to spend time with her in the kitchen, even when he was just being quiet and sitting on the floor with some book of animals open across his lap. He was more vocal with Luke, Gus, but then Wren wasn't very vocal, and together they tended to just be quiet. But this invitation was deliberate, and maybe Luke would say more without the little boy around to listen. Because Gus understood things, everything, and he asked about them later in quiet whispers when he thought she couldn't hear the conversations between him and his père beneath blankets and pillow forts.
Lia, Lia was small, and all she wanted was to be held; she didn't understand things, and Wren didn't remember what it was like to be that young and not know there were bad things in the world. As she went, she handed the baby a fresh pacifier, and she took the old one with her to wash.
So, she and Gus disappeared into the kitchen, and then started pulling out the makings of Gus' favorite snack, which was basically a lot of tiny finger foods on a plate. Wren had bought utensils that wouldn't hurt him ages ago, and she let him pull olives out one by one for the platter she set on the counter, and she let him cut the little blocks of cheese with the safety knife, his little feet on a tiny step stool and he meticulously arranged things on the plate, like Jack was visiting royalty and it all had to be just right.]