I'll Be Seeing You {RadioDust}

Chapter 40

~Because we have translators and Google translate sucks, we're putting the translations in. Hopefully this helps with the understanding of situations and gives a little more insight as to what's being said.~
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Thursday, August 2nd, 1923
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Anthony looked at his watch, seeing that it was now early afternoon. They had been at Alastor's shed for at least two hours, the blonde drawing a few plants just for fun. He knew he didn't have to, but it was a fun little past time.

Taking a break from a sketch, his hand beginning to show signs of cramping yet again, Anthony took a deep breath and looked to Alastor with a soft smile. Words weren't needed as he simply observed the man.

For the past few hours or so, Alastor had been tending to both his herbs and plants of all sorts. Having Anthony around was certainly nice company, and he was someone to talk to while he worked. It was only in the last few minutes that Alastor had sat down beside Anthony, beginning to look through the book he'd brought with him. The book that would hopefully provide some sort of answer to his current question. Was it possible to set ground rules with this shadowed entity of his?

"I like that one."
Alastor hummed, leaning across to look at some of the drawings Anthony had done, pointing to one of the recent ones.
"In fact, I think that all of them are just swell."

"Grazie."
Anthony gave a small chuckle and looked down at the few drawings he'd done before looking over at Alastor's book.
"Didja find any answers yet?"
He didn't know exactly what Alastor was looking for in his book, but he could only assume he was actually looking for something given the intensity of his attention to it, especially on the one certain page.

Alastor very slowly nodded, bringing his attention back to the book, raising a brow as he read over a page towards the end, a section that he hadn't otherwise paid very much attention to before.
"Perhaps..."
He hummed, reading over the section with intent, his hopes growing by the second.
"I might have something, but I'll have to try it to be certain."

Anthony set his own book down and moved so he was behind Alastor, wrapping his arms around his neck and leaned over his shoulder a bit in order to get a look at the pages.
"So is there somethin' y' gotta do as in... say some sorta prayer or somethin'?"
He asked, curious about this sort of thing.

Anthony wasn't raised in an actively religious home, but was introduced to some Italian Catholicism while growing up; not introduced to anything outside of that.

As for Alastor's home growing up, his mother had always been religious. Both his mother and father's family had been, however, it hadn't really carried on over to Alastor as he developed his own belief for things as the years went by.

Leaning into Anthony's touch slightly, the man slowly shook his head.
"Not, not quite."
He replied, moving his index finger up to a paragraph in the book, tapping the page lightly.
"But I will have to say a few things."

Anthony gave a bit of a nod and let go of the man so he could move freely if he needed to.
"Alright."
He then shifted to sit back where he was originally, making sure to keep still and quiet so he wouldn't be a distraction. He didn't want to cause any problems and have Alastor need to start over. Not to mention that because he didn't understand how any of this worked, he didn't want anyone to end up hurt either.

With Anthony off of him, Alastor was able to stand, book in hand.
"I'm hoping this will work. For both of our sakes."
He nodded, taking a few steps back and kneeling down, placing the book down on the grass again, open on the page that was required.
"Whatever happens, please don't interrupt it. I will be fine, I promise."