Reunion

[not_the_philistine]

Visitation Day came and went and Goliath still had not seen any of his clan in what felt like, and might have been, years. He still had not seen Elisa since she was nearly killed in his sleep, then vanished angry at him. There had been several times like these before, when the gathering of new crew members has been too painful for him to attend, knowing that his clan would come from elsewhere and at other times, and so podpops offered him only one chance at reunion with a loved one.

Disappointment had settled on him again, and he warded it off with productiveness. Elisa's car shone with the evidence of regular care, but the rest of the castle needed maintaining. He would invite more people in to work in the gardens, dispose of more of Xanatos' things - but first, he felt there was more still to gain by researching the Mayan sun amulet that he hoped could give him control over his waking and sleeping. It would be a good idea to contact Lupin again, but at the moment, it it pleased Goliath to conduct his research in solitude.

Deep in his reading in Castle Wyvern's library, he didn't hear footsteps until the door had already been opened behind him.

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"You'd be surprised what a family can learn to deal with for the sake of someone they love," commented Elisa and, although she was appeared to be speaking generally, there were plenty of specific examples in her own life for her to draw on if she needed to. Her family had accepted Derek's mutation and her friendship with the gargoyles. There was a good chance that they'd accept Elisa's feelings for Goliath as well. (Once she'd finished working out how to accept them herself, of course.)

"Thanks, but I'm fine with a hand gun for now. I found one that was close to the standard police issue." She gazed around engineering, then back to Billy. "What sort of resources do you have down here?"

[not_the_philistine]

It took a significant effort on Goliath's part to pass this conversation gazing down at Elisa and smiling at her softly only a minimum of times. He set his hand gently on her back, glad for the contact with her as Billy answered her questions.