Sebek says, “My reading, my learning the fae tongue, my studying under Lilia…it was Grandfather and the rest of my family’s support that shaped me into the person I am now.”
Sebek explains to Baul himself, “My maternal grandfather very much disliked humans. Loathed them, even. When his only child wed a human, well… You can imagine how much they fought. Even now, my grandfather and father’s relationship is strained. But despite all that…my grandfather never once shunned his grandchildren. He’s a taciturn man, always scowling. He’s never offered words of welcome when I visit. But he always had the latest children’s books at his house. And he always kept candy and sweet drinks on hand, the kind he never consumed himself. I genuinely respect him.”
Sebek says that, while he knows how to use a dagger, he never learned how to use a kitchen knife because Baul would look displeased whenever he entered a kitchen as a child.
According to Lilia Sebek has been close to Baul since he was little, and Sebek is now the perfect picture of his grandfather: from the way he acts to the way he thinks.
After standing up against an overblotted Malleus, Sebek’s first reaction is, “What would Grandfather say if he knew? He’d be furious, no doubt…”
In a flashback we see Baul go to Lilia about him becoming Sebek’s trainer, explaining that his other two grandchildren (Sebek’s older sister and brother) are uninterested in martial pursuits the 7-year-old Sebek has “voiced an interest in training to join the royal guard.”
Baul approaches Lilia for this favor rather than training Sebek himself as “it’s a bit trickier…with family…” and Lilia assures him that Sebek will not be getting any special treatment: “I’m going to run him ragged.” Baul responds, “That’s just what I want, sir.”
Lilia comments that Baul seems to have mellowed out after his only child marryied a human, but Baul assures him that he hasn’t accepted “that frail human man. It’s just…my grandson’s done nothing wrong.”
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