[He still isn't sure what to say, not when all the obvious ones are off-limits. He cannot go with last time's ice-breaker, and attempting to explain exactly why Jae-Ha is his brother from another mother would-- that had ended extremely badly last time. He needs to remember that, and guard himself accordingly. Jae-Ha will not, he thinks, have to pay for his own loose tongue.
[Of course, that gets him no nearer working out what exactly one is supposed to say to a man he knows intimately, who has absolutely no idea who he is.]
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[Kija is, essentially, hovering.
[He still isn't sure what to say, not when all the obvious ones are off-limits. He cannot go with last time's ice-breaker, and attempting to explain exactly why Jae-Ha is his brother from another mother would-- that had ended extremely badly last time. He needs to remember that, and guard himself accordingly. Jae-Ha will not, he thinks, have to pay for his own loose tongue.
[Of course, that gets him no nearer working out what exactly one is supposed to say to a man he knows intimately, who has absolutely no idea who he is.]
Good afternoon.
[That is a start.]
You are... the Princess's guardian?