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[uncommongardenr]

There's something that's been on Dickon's mind for a while, and it's after one of the "Magic" ceremonies that he decides to bring it up. It seems the best time; for all that Colin still has to lean on his arm while they make their way around the garden, it's moments like this when he seems most happy and hopeful--and, consequently, most likely to

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[outta_a_chair]

He looks a combination of proud and nervous at that.

"Do you really think so?"

[mmquitecontrary]

"Of course you shall," Mary says, stoutly, and glances down at her own ankle - it's mostly healed, but she still keeps a bandage wrapped around it.

"You shall be faster than me."

[uncommongardenr]

Dickon nods firmly, grinning.

"Tha's got a ways t' go yet, but tha's come a long way already."

[outta_a_chair]

"I have," he agrees, without modesty, for all his legs are still skinnier than they should be and shake a bit if he stands too long.

"And of course I will be. I will not hurt my ankles." He is Very Confident of this fact, but Mary is smiled at, a bit, after a moment.

Could Colin...be kidding?!

...No.

Probably not, really.

But he's still smiling.