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The gentleman had regained some of his finesse over the week or so since the unwelcome truth had been spoken. He still had no intentions of voicing it to his sister, there was no need to potentially ruin her (fogged) vision of her perfect family. Nor did Galileo had any want to do so, as long as Io saw him as a wayward boy it seemed that that was how he stayed.

With a shake of his head Galileo pressed himself to focus more on his work, repositioning the stencil and pulling of another peice of bark that he obviously missed when he was clearing the tree before hand. His ears twitched to the soft hissing sound of the pressurized can, it pleased him to no end and he was almost oblivious to the outside world until a young boy's howl was heard. A docile scowl crossed Galileo's face as he let go of the can, letting it thud onto the soft earth. Strong strides took his to where he needed to be.

Upon approaching the source of the noise, he was made aware that the child was trespassing. Now Gallileo had no authority, and therefore he had no right to order the child of the land, or so he saw, so he merely approached him with a placid expression on his face. He had picked up on the Inferni scent and the scent of his own sister, both buried deep in this boy's pelt. 'You are trespassing on the land of Cercatori d'Arte, luckily you are a child and therefore I account the incident to that...' he paused, his bluemine eyes studying the boy. 'Now, my nose tells me that you have spent sometime near Inferni, and by extention of that, near my sister'. The gentleman's eyes narrowed in thought and his collie tail swung slowly, 'Who are you?'

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The gentleman leant on his cane, studying the pup and frowning. Galileo was far from an expert of children, but he supposed that if he was Io's son he had manners and some amount of intelligence. Hopefully that would make his job easier. After a few moments of silence Galileo spoke, 'Fine. I shall take you on as my apprentice. Visit me once or twice a month, maybe more if your mother lets you. I'll teach you whatever I see fit. I doubt your mother will mind me keeping you a day or so, I need to get to know you before I can teach you anything'. Galileo paused, 'But I have one rule, cut the 'Uncle'. Galileo will do just fine'.

The gentleman was not accustomed to spending time with children, so it was likely that he would loose his patience once or twice, and that Aslan would leave his mentor's house acting like him. Though despite the downsides Galileo could see, he was looking forward to the lessons.

'C'mon, I'll take you to my house and we can get started'. Galileo spun round and started to walked off, he grabbed his bag as he passed the tree he had been working on.