The man's scorn is easy to see, but Miles wouldn't have gotten where he is now if he cared that deeply about what humans thought of him. He's learned to pass among them, paid or threatened or otherwise manipulated enough of them into silence that he can maintain a home in a settlement close to the river, as he'd said. The house is small, one bedroom, just enough for him and Kurt and their own pups. Not Corrigan's.
The urge had been there to simply drop the whelp somewhere in the icy woods, let it starve to death or be taken by beasts, but without their child, Kurt would be careless, senseless with grief. Miles wouldn't have any way to control them -- they'd have nothing left to lose. If the babe lived -- far away, under the control of her grandfather -- there was enough leverage that Miles could keep Kurt compliant and submissive, as they had been.
So he doesn't recoil from Gunnar's scornful voice, his careless look downward. He'd been agreeable enough to the idea of a second chance, a child to raise that he could keep in line, an opportunity to correct the mistakes he'd made with Kurt. Miles simply smiles blandly, shifting the child awkwardly in his arms. "She is. Half, at least. I can assure you that enough wolfsbane will suppress her ability to change. There are plenty half-breed who've had it beaten out of them, too, if that's what you prefer."
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Date: 2023-12-23 03:04 am (UTC)The urge had been there to simply drop the whelp somewhere in the icy woods, let it starve to death or be taken by beasts, but without their child, Kurt would be careless, senseless with grief. Miles wouldn't have any way to control them -- they'd have nothing left to lose. If the babe lived -- far away, under the control of her grandfather -- there was enough leverage that Miles could keep Kurt compliant and submissive, as they had been.
So he doesn't recoil from Gunnar's scornful voice, his careless look downward. He'd been agreeable enough to the idea of a second chance, a child to raise that he could keep in line, an opportunity to correct the mistakes he'd made with Kurt. Miles simply smiles blandly, shifting the child awkwardly in his arms. "She is. Half, at least. I can assure you that enough wolfsbane will suppress her ability to change. There are plenty half-breed who've had it beaten out of them, too, if that's what you prefer."