It's been some time coming, this particular excursion. Not that he wouldn't have been willing to wait longer still, but he might not have exactly borne it well - patience is only sometimes one of his virtues and never mind that he would have had to wait for it to actually become spring either way. But the company hasn't been bad and there's been any of a number of things to keep him busy in the Sanctuary itself.
That and he expects that there are any of a number of things that need to be done before their little vacation to Vienna, besides. No matter what else, Helen is still Helen and to be honest, he's not sure she still remembers how to take a vacation. Not that he says as much, of course, but it's still there, lurking quietly in the back of his mind, as winter turns slowly to spring and life in Sanctuary continues on much as it always has despite the change in location.
(He does, sometimes, miss the night sky, but not so much yet that he wants to actually leave, especially with the promise of Vienna near at hand.)
It comes as something of a pleasant surprise, then, when he turns up at her office bright and early on the day she's chosen for their trip only to find that - as far as he's able to tell - she's not in the middle of some bit of Important Sanctuary Business and he can't help but grin at it. Still he doesn't immediately speak up, and if she wants to head off whatever half-smug comment he no doubt has in mind at the pass, now is probably the best time to do so.
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That and he expects that there are any of a number of things that need to be done before their little vacation to Vienna, besides. No matter what else, Helen is still Helen and to be honest, he's not sure she still remembers how to take a vacation. Not that he says as much, of course, but it's still there, lurking quietly in the back of his mind, as winter turns slowly to spring and life in Sanctuary continues on much as it always has despite the change in location.
(He does, sometimes, miss the night sky, but not so much yet that he wants to actually leave, especially with the promise of Vienna near at hand.)
It comes as something of a pleasant surprise, then, when he turns up at her office bright and early on the day she's chosen for their trip only to find that - as far as he's able to tell - she's not in the middle of some bit of Important Sanctuary Business and he can't help but grin at it. Still he doesn't immediately speak up, and if she wants to head off whatever half-smug comment he no doubt has in mind at the pass, now is probably the best time to do so.