The reply unsettles Ivan. What is he replying 'yes' to? Is he even replying it to anything, and if he does, was what he said good? He doesn't know how his father's standing is in this house - Timo said that he 'got on well with everyone here' but that could mean a lot of things. And even if he really is on good terms with everyone - especially if he is: Ivan doesn't want to shake that situation.
But he doesn't know the man well enough to really make heads or tails of this, and so he just tries to answer to the question to the best of his abilities. Or was going to, but then the pastilles are heald out for him and yet again he is not sure what to make of it. Usually people who offer children sweets want to get something with that, or reward something that they did. Sometimes they get candy for no reason, too, but that is usually from parents who are their relatives or something similar, and it's never applied to Ivan before.
But would it be rude to not take it? What if he is being tested, what would be the right reaction - he still hesitates to take the candy as he answers. "Ivan." He has a proper father's name now, one that actually notes his father, but sinc ehe already said who his father is, he'll leave that out of the introduction. "I have not seen the house." Yet, anyway. Not much of it, anyway. Only the kitchen and night entrance, and Timo's room and the way from there to the chapel. He'll see more later. Then he'll be able to comment on it, say that it is nice or whatever.
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But he doesn't know the man well enough to really make heads or tails of this, and so he just tries to answer to the question to the best of his abilities. Or was going to, but then the pastilles are heald out for him and yet again he is not sure what to make of it. Usually people who offer children sweets want to get something with that, or reward something that they did. Sometimes they get candy for no reason, too, but that is usually from parents who are their relatives or something similar, and it's never applied to Ivan before.
But would it be rude to not take it? What if he is being tested, what would be the right reaction - he still hesitates to take the candy as he answers. "Ivan." He has a proper father's name now, one that actually notes his father, but sinc ehe already said who his father is, he'll leave that out of the introduction. "I have not seen the house." Yet, anyway. Not much of it, anyway. Only the kitchen and night entrance, and Timo's room and the way from there to the chapel. He'll see more later. Then he'll be able to comment on it, say that it is nice or whatever.