[Children (and Horatio doesn't count himself among them, oddly enough; not since he was eleven, which really wasn't so long ago) are a different sort of thing. This one is a big unusual, yes, but still far from the sort of abrupt presence likely to trigger a panicked response.
Probably.]
Does he ever sneak up?
[A happily babbling child wouldn't be such a terrible precursor to a hug. A complete silence suddenly interrupted by unexpected contact might be.]
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Probably.]
Does he ever sneak up?
[A happily babbling child wouldn't be such a terrible precursor to a hug. A complete silence suddenly interrupted by unexpected contact might be.]