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Spatial awareness has Quincy hold out his hand for Topper to climb down onto.
He’s not looking at Topper at all.
Rather, he’s distracted by Yakumo’s confident smile as the serpent finishes up his sewing.
That self-assurance, and skill, does something to Quincy’s concentration.
Across from Yakumo, Father deliberately distracts Garu from what’s going on with a talon tapped against the meat in Garu’s hand.
Garu, understandably, offers Father some.
Completely oblivious to both Quincy’s assessing look and Rei’s smirk.
Of course, after the sewing is done, Quincy casually drapes an arm around Yakumo’s waist.
While Father, in the spirit of camaraderie, swoops low over Topper to distract him with a silly chase instead of returning to Quincy’s shoulder.
They make it down the hallway, out of sight and out of mind.
And Yakumo is shyly raising his hands to Quincy’s chest when a door is flung open.
Edmond stumbles against Quincy’s side and sags there.
Quincy wraps an arm around Edmond’s waist and Edmond presses himself to Quincy’s side.
Yakumo giggles.
The next morning Quincy wakes to Topper sitting on his bare chest and glaring.
“Troublesome.”
On either side of him, Yakumo and Edmond, both continue to sleep peacefully.