[uncledaddy]

He smiled, rubbing his long nose against hers. "Couldn't be anything else fer you," he said before returning her kiss.

[Red Lion]

"Weel, if it isna wee Kelly Johnson come oot inta tha sunshine fer once," chuckled father Erickson as he passed the two.

[uncledaddy]

Kelly grinned at him. "Don't get used to it," he said.

[Red Lion]

Erickson laughed and tossed the pair a peppermint each.

[uncledaddy]

Kelly eyed the candy fondly for a second before closing his hand over it so that it disappeared into his unseen shadows. There, it reappeared before Lillian as a sort of present for her.

[Red Lion]

From within the shadows Lillian thanked him and popped the candy into her mouth.

Lily ate her mint, "He's a sweet old man," she said.

[uncledaddy]

Kelly nodded. "Always was good to me..."

[Red Lion]

"The world could do with a few more of his kind," said Lily.

[uncledaddy]

"Not too many, I hope," said Kelly. "That'd be an awful lot of... goodness goin' around."

[Red Lion]

"Well it would balance all the badness," she said, "I saw more of that while you were gone than anything else..."

[uncledaddy]

He tilted his head at her. "Oh?"

[Red Lion]

Lily chewed her lip and nodded, "People are...they're a lot more cruel when you're all alone," she said.

[uncledaddy]

"Ain't that the truth..." Kelly raised an eyebrow. "Who's been pickin' on you?"

[Red Lion]

"While you were gone it was one of the directors I used to work for when I was still doing acting," said Lily.

[uncledaddy]

"What happened?" Kelly pressed. Though his tone and expression didn't change, the ends of his hair had begun to writhe...

[Red Lion]

"Well he thought I must be lonely and....he tried to...'keep me company'," said Lily, hoping that that would say enough.