[There’s no need to rush things, as far as Lancia is concerned. If this is meant to happen, whatever it is, then it will. Until then, he simply has to keep working hard and living the proper life he’s established for himself here. So, he does, keeping the apartment well maintained and going to work and, reliably, always attending church and putting everything he can into this second chance at life.]
[It’s working out, he thinks. People talk with him a little easier, the longer he stays in town, and he likes to think that his appearances at church make him look good. All of it adds up to comforting evenings spent on his own, letting himself be reassured by the schedule he’s quietly established.]
[However, that schedule gets disrupted, and he pauses where he’d been getting ready to leave.]
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[It’s working out, he thinks. People talk with him a little easier, the longer he stays in town, and he likes to think that his appearances at church make him look good. All of it adds up to comforting evenings spent on his own, letting himself be reassured by the schedule he’s quietly established.]
[However, that schedule gets disrupted, and he pauses where he’d been getting ready to leave.]
Of course, Father. Always for you.