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He shakes his head and he chuckles softly. "I'm fine." He looks up as he catches the door to the bathroom opening out of the corner of his eye and he smiles softly as he sees Serenity coming out. Now maybe she'd have some questions for him so they can get to know each other. He had to admit that he was looking forward to this, though there were so many questions that he didn't know the answer to. It was kinda scary yet exciting at the same time.

Prince seemed to notice the same thing. He got to his feet from where he was munching on the ice cream. He turned toward Serenity and waved. "Heey Serenity! Gaunt wants to date you! So hurry up an--mmn!" He blinked when Gaunt slapped his hand over his mouth. Gaunt laughed nervously, his cheeks coloring. "Aahah.. listen to that Prince.."

Prince blinked as suddenly all attention was back on him. He blinked again. He didn't even know what to make out of what this was. Why was Serenity apologizing to him? It was a flick to his ear that dragged him back to reality. He rubbed his ear a little and he stammers. "I.. I.. uh.. You see. .uh.. you.. you didn't.. really.. do anything. Its just.. that.. you know.. Ian.. and I.. well.. we wanted you and Gaunt to get together. You two seem to seem to like each other.. so.. you know.. I was just trying to find a way to bring you and him together!"

Gaunt blinked a few times at the explanation, and while he suspected as much, if he wasn't flat-out told, it was still shocking to hear. This seemed like one of those sappy single-parent love stories, where the kids like each other so much that they work together to get their parents to hook up so everybody can be family. Was that sappy, or what?

The Prince bit his lip as he watched the reaction of Serenity to his words. She appeared stuck on her pose and ready to explode. It only took a few seconds of this lasting that he looked down and looked ashamed. "I.. I'm sorry.."

Gaunt looks down at the Prince and he shakes his head slowly with a kind smile. "It's like I told you. These sorts of things take time to develop. And it's up to me and her whether or not we want to walk down that path together. So it's no use in trying to rush it, okay?" He gently pats the top of the Prince's head - or as best as he could with the hat that rested on the Surprise's head.

"B-but.. Serenity and Ian are really fun to be around.. And.. I know you like them too.. so what's to hold you back?" Prince looked up at Gaunt, appearing a little teary-eyed. Perhaps he was feeling so bad about making Serenity react the way she did that he was about to cry.

It was hard to try to explain it to someone so young and who had such a mindset. All he could do, for now, was to continue to smile kindly and shrug his shoulders. "One should never try to rush into love, Prince. Love is a sacred and fragile thing. It has to be treated gently and tenderly, and it is something that can take a long time to take root. It's.. just best to take things slowly and one day at a time." The Prince just stared up into Gaunt's face at that explanation, trying to wrap his small mind around what he said. It was obvious that right now, it didn't make sense to him.

Gaunt was, of course, unaware of Serenity's feelings toward him. Gaunt was just speaking his mind, of course. And he was well aware of what was going on in today's world, even if he was unaware that the same sort of problems plagued Gaia. He glances up when he hears her soft voice reaching his ears, and he smiles softly as he hears his words. "I know the feeling, Serenity. I don't think people in recent times have a clue what love is. They're well acquainted with lust, and mistake the need to not be lonely for love and devotion." He smiles softly as he reaches across the table to gently rest his hand on her wrist. "And if believing what I believe means that I am special, then you are just as much so, Serenity."

All this was soaring way over the head of the poor Prince. He nodded slowly at Ian's pronouncement, with the correction, and chimes in a 'Yeah! I think so too!' but it seemed clear by his body language that he didn't understand the situation and the words the two 'grown ups' were having. That lead to him being bored, but fortunately he had ice cream to keep him company. At least, until it would melt away or he finished eating it.

He retrieves his hand relatively quickly. The touch only lasted for a few seconds before he found a more comfortable pose to stay in. He smiles and he shrugs a little bit. "I like that philosophy. I imagine I like very much that prospect of growing old, celebrating some 50 or more years with the woman of my dreams." He shrugs and he chuckles softly as he samples the ice cream again slowly. "Mmn. Then if Seconds are fairly new, then I guess it's still to be determined whether a Second and a human are able to even be compatible. I imagine if you really do turn out to be an immortal being, that falling in love with a human would only end in pain. And after so much pain, I also imagine that it would be horribly difficult to fall in love again because you don't want to feel that again." He was babbling now as well, still just trying to understand whether or not he's compatible with a Second. There were just so many unknowns in the equation, it was hard to even fathom an educated guess.

Prince nodded and he smiled brightly when the trade was suggested. "Sure! I'd like to try yours!" He pulls the spoon with him and lightly spears the other sundae, pulling away a spoonful of goodie-and-ice cream mixture. He pulls the spoon closer to him, and tries a bit. "Mmmmm~! So sweet~!"

He nods slowly in ponderance as she pointed out how it's happened. At least in myth, from the Earth's point of view, did things like that happen. "If.. I believed in a sort of thing like an afterlife, I would think dying would be a very lonely prospect in a mortal - immortal pairing. Because as a mortal spirit, it would be sorrowful to know that the likelihood of my loved one joining me in this afterlife woudln't be very good. Of course, if everybody gets reincarnated, then there's always the possibility that couples will last for eternity, just get reborn over and over again as mortals and immortals die and come back." He shrugs and he chuckles slowly. "I guess that's one of the great mysteries of life. Nobody really knows what happens after death. There are a multitude of theories out there, and each probably has as much chance of being right as any other. But I digress. Assuming we only have one life to live, then it only makes sense to grab it by the horns and try to make the most out of it. Laugh every day, love whole-heatedly, and all that inspiring stuff."

Prince nods as he munches on the spoonful of not-good-for-you ice cream and he grins at Ian. "See? Fruits and stuff are good and sweet too! That's what Gaunt taught me the other day. There's this stuff he eats that is brown and long, and that stuff kinda tastes blech, but there's fruit in the middle and that makes it all good! But Gaunt says that brown stuff is really good for you, but if it wasn't for the sweet middle I don't think I'd eat it."

He smiles softly and he shrugs a little. "Nobody knows much about death. It's one of the great mysteries of life because we can't exactly come back and tell each other what we find on the other side. Some people think that there IS nothing on the other side, and we just stop existing. To be honest, that prospect scares me. Something like that would make me afraid of death." He chuckles lightly at her compliment and he returns the warm smile and he shrugs. "And you seem to be the same way, Serenity. So it is just as refreshing for me."

Prince smiles as he finishes the sweet-loaded ice cream and he shrugs a little as he makes his way back over to to his strawberry one. "I haven't been out of my vase for long. So Gaunt hasn't fed me a lot of stuff yet. Mostly those fruit bars, and sometimes he sneaks something back from what he calls.. a.. a cafeteria." He tilts his head as he glances at Ian. "Wh.. what does your uncle make, exactly?" He was curious, but almost afraid to hear it.

He shakes his head and he smiles softly. "I got out of my vase for the first time and I was in Gaunt's house. He shares it with a LOT of people, and everybody has small rooms. Most of them share a room with someone else, but Gaunt has one by himself."

He smiles softly and he nods slowly. "Well. I think I really want to meet up with you again too, Serenity. The people at my school do a lot of the same thing. Though they also talk a lot about their schoolwork too. I just enjoy thinking. I'm not a philosopher or anything of the sort, but I enjoy considering life and all its issues."

The Prince nods slowly and he smiles some. "Oh. I see. That's kinda cool though! It must be nice to be able to stay young."

He giggles softly and he leans toward Ian in an interested sort of manner. "Oh! Your uncle likes to cook! So does Gaunt, so he says, but where we live doesn't have a lot to cook with. He just has a pot that he puts rice in, and he has a box that he puts everything else in. He turns a dial and it comes out hot!" Of course, he was talking about a crockpot-style rice cooker, and a microwave.

He thinks over what Ian has to tell him and he shakes his head slowly. "I think.. Gaunt called it.. ah.. what was it.. a dorm! I don't know what dorm means, but apparently its when a bunch of people live together in a big building!"