Being rejected by her classmates had been a non-issue for him; he knew it was inevitable and he was honestly surprised that it had taken so long. His handling of the situation with the bully had been an obvious catalyst but there was no way he would have been able to stand by and watch that swine beat on her. At least the state hadn't taken too great of an interest in it; that would have been the last thing he needed. Robin had agreed that everything had been handled properly, apparently the King had even approved. But what had Robin been thinking? Sitting in the tree and laughing, Tak was sure that that little detail had not been present in Robin's report to the King.
That was what he needed, a talk with Robin. He needed to talk to someone and despite his little pranks, Tak couldn't help but like Robin.
After dropping Elsa off at school, and painfully dodging her attempts to de-cloak him, Tak made his way to the forest. He and Robin had moved their rendezvous to a clearing deeper in the forest after the incident with the bully. Robin had placed some sort of Wood-Sprite alarm system around the school that Tak didn't even want to understand.
Robin appeared to be in a very deep conversation with a daffodil when Tak entered the clearing.
"It must be nice being able to speak to your wards." Tak was pleased to see Robin jump a little before regaining his composure,
"I have just been listening to the most disturbing report." The small man danced over to Tak, his coloring ever so slightly shifting to reflect his surroundings, "Apparently, a great beast of diminutive morphology has been making water on these poor flowers." Tak laughed, Robin's humor was just what he needed to break his mood. But before he could continue the banter, Robin looked at his face, sighed, and became serious. "Still having lady problems, pup?"
"Don't call me pup, Puck."
"Don't call me Puck, pup."
"You're a faerie, I'll call you what I want."
"I am a Wood-Sprite, no, I am the Wood-Sprite. And you, my friend, are a dog."
"I'm Elsa's dog."
"And I am the link across the veil for both of you. So let's try this again; still having lady problems, oh mighty lapdog to the savior of all that is mythically pristine?" Tak's smile at the exchange quickly vanished. He sighed,
"It's just so hard, it's driving her mad; knowing the truth but being forced to second guess herself and denying her intuition."
"You can't tell her." Tak glared at Robin,
"Obviously, I can't tell her. But it's becoming more difficult. She's much smarter than we anticipated; she has started to test me. And the dimwitted dog approach is not working; if anything, it's simply reaffirming her suspicions."
"Well perhaps if you weren't so eager so show off your dazzling intellect, we might not be in this mess. Hoping you're shining wit might fall within a regal glance..." Robin trailed off. He and Tak both knew that this wasn't true. "I'm sorry, Tak, I know you needed your wits to perform your task. This was inevitable; we all just hoped she would be ready before it happened."
"It's true," Tak sighed again, almost a whimper, "if only she was able to lie, we could keep her safe and sane until the time comes." Robin shook his head,
"Without her innocence, her purity, she wouldn't be who she is. You know that, Tak." Tak nodded and began to respond, but before he could open his mouth, there was a crashing in the bushes followed by a voice, a young girl's voice,
"I knew it!!!"
That was what he needed, a talk with Robin. He needed to talk to someone and despite his little pranks, Tak couldn't help but like Robin.
After dropping Elsa off at school, and painfully dodging her attempts to de-cloak him, Tak made his way to the forest. He and Robin had moved their rendezvous to a clearing deeper in the forest after the incident with the bully. Robin had placed some sort of Wood-Sprite alarm system around the school that Tak didn't even want to understand.
Robin appeared to be in a very deep conversation with a daffodil when Tak entered the clearing.
"It must be nice being able to speak to your wards." Tak was pleased to see Robin jump a little before regaining his composure,
"I have just been listening to the most disturbing report." The small man danced over to Tak, his coloring ever so slightly shifting to reflect his surroundings, "Apparently, a great beast of diminutive morphology has been making water on these poor flowers." Tak laughed, Robin's humor was just what he needed to break his mood. But before he could continue the banter, Robin looked at his face, sighed, and became serious. "Still having lady problems, pup?"
"Don't call me pup, Puck."
"Don't call me Puck, pup."
"You're a faerie, I'll call you what I want."
"I am a Wood-Sprite, no, I am the Wood-Sprite. And you, my friend, are a dog."
"I'm Elsa's dog."
"And I am the link across the veil for both of you. So let's try this again; still having lady problems, oh mighty lapdog to the savior of all that is mythically pristine?" Tak's smile at the exchange quickly vanished. He sighed,
"It's just so hard, it's driving her mad; knowing the truth but being forced to second guess herself and denying her intuition."
"You can't tell her." Tak glared at Robin,
"Obviously, I can't tell her. But it's becoming more difficult. She's much smarter than we anticipated; she has started to test me. And the dimwitted dog approach is not working; if anything, it's simply reaffirming her suspicions."
"Well perhaps if you weren't so eager so show off your dazzling intellect, we might not be in this mess. Hoping you're shining wit might fall within a regal glance..." Robin trailed off. He and Tak both knew that this wasn't true. "I'm sorry, Tak, I know you needed your wits to perform your task. This was inevitable; we all just hoped she would be ready before it happened."
"It's true," Tak sighed again, almost a whimper, "if only she was able to lie, we could keep her safe and sane until the time comes." Robin shook his head,
"Without her innocence, her purity, she wouldn't be who she is. You know that, Tak." Tak nodded and began to respond, but before he could open his mouth, there was a crashing in the bushes followed by a voice, a young girl's voice,
"I knew it!!!"
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