[...yeah, that actually throws him for a brief loop. Small child? Foster? Whatever. Live your life, small child.]
That sounds wise.
[He opens the door a short time after the knock. It's a two person cabin but it's very clean and barely used and he's obviously the only person there. The fireplace is lit and there's Herbert's radio and a book about medical mishaps on a table beside an armchair nearby. He's quiet for a moment, looking down at the little kid, probably human despite her skin. It looks like a mineral but she said she only had the infection and not the petrification, so he'll assume it's natural or a mutation.
He remembers belatedly to do social more things and steps slightly back away from the open door.]
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That sounds wise.
[He opens the door a short time after the knock. It's a two person cabin but it's very clean and barely used and he's obviously the only person there. The fireplace is lit and there's Herbert's radio and a book about medical mishaps on a table beside an armchair nearby. He's quiet for a moment, looking down at the little kid, probably human despite her skin. It looks like a mineral but she said she only had the infection and not the petrification, so he'll assume it's natural or a mutation.
He remembers belatedly to do social more things and steps slightly back away from the open door.]
Come in. I'll fetch your medicine.