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Ah, Baby Tooth!

[ About to ask if that means Tooth or Jack are about, as well, North stops as his question is answered before it's asked. He smiles cheerfully as first, drawing himself up as he closes the pocketwatch.

But before a greeting leaves him, he sees the way Jack is holding himself. He's upset. Something's happened, to make him act this way. His concern is immediately piqued, and it shows in his frown and the crease of his brow. ]

Jack! I did not either-- are you all right? Have you been here long?

[He's not so much upset as remembering what happened before he came here. Baby Tooth looks over at him and chirps her own concern, fluttering over to Jack's side as he shakes it off, sliding a hand into his jacket pocket.]

We got here a few weeks before Christmas which...I'm guessing it was just Easter for you back home. [Jack waves the hand wrapped around his staff.] There's weird time shenanigans around this place, trust me.

I see! [ Not as much as he'd like, but North is nothing if not resourceful. He will adapt and learn quickly. But his concern remains, as he regards Jack. Thinking on his words, he shakes his head and comes closer. ]

Is that last thing you remember? [ There is, he can tell, something off here. If Jack is asking whether he's from Easter or not, he can't help but wonder... ]

[He hesitates as North asks that question, tongue sliding out to lick his lips out of nerves. He'd been wondering what he was going to say if he ever saw any of the Guardians here, wondering their reactions to his presence. North hadn't reacted badly so far, so he'd assumed before...Jack had no idea what had happened after he flew to the Arctic.

The way that his eyes glance away should be enough to answer the question, Baby Tooth trilling a confirmation noise as she nods.]

Lyubopytno... [ Murmuring to himself, North strokes at his beard quietly. The way Jack reacted to him, how he came forward, makes sense now. In a most unfortunate way. This Jack before him hasn't been given his moment of redemption, his chance to prove himself a true guardian.

This Jack has not found his center.

Gently, his hand comes down on his shoulder, enveloping it as it had at the North Pole after Sandy's death. His expression softens, and he smiles. ]

You will make things right, when the time comes for you. Believe me.

[The hand on his shoulder makes him jump slightly and look up, and as though to confirm North's suspicions there's a small fear in his eyes. Jack lifts his hand to run it through his hair before he starts speaking, words coming out in a stream of babble.]

I'm sorry, North, I'm so sorry. There was a voice and I followed it and Pitch he...he lured me into his lair with my memories...

[ Letting him babble, North nods his understanding. A trick, caused by Pitch. It hurts his heart, to remember Bunny's despair and loss of hope. To have seen Jack holding the canister. Thee disappointment he'd felt. Tooth often said never to forget the bad, but to never let it overcome the good.

And, lord! How there had been so much good after. But they would all learn from the mistakes made that Easter.

Lowering on bended knee and putting himself more on Jack's level, his free hand settles on his other shoulder. ]

I forgive you, Jack Frost. And you will see, I am not the only one to. This I promise you.

[His breath hitches as he remembers what Dirk said to him, that it wasn't his fault and he shouldn't be beating himself up over being tricked like that, but god it was hard not to. Being alone in the city bar Baby Tooth didn't leave much for him to think about, and providing snowball fights wasn't all that distracting sometimes.

Jack takes a deep breath to stop himself from babbling and lifts his eyes, staring at the older man before he responds, tugging his staff closer into the crook of his arm.]

H-how can you? That easily? I mean I haven't even done anything back home...

Because I have seen it. With my own eyes! [ He widens them, as he speaks, and they are just as full of wonder as the little baby nestled in the center of his matryoshka dolls. Because while Jack doubts, North believes. His hand comes down and rests on Jack's chest, warm and large and right over his heart, and he smiles wider at him. ]

Because I know who you are. What you have done, and what you will do. I believe in you, Jack.

[There's something about the way North speaks that makes Jack's head clear, clearing as much as it had that night in the kitchen of House 12. He must have done something huge after the crevice in Antarctica if North believes in him that much, even if he doesn't know what that something is. He reaches up to rub the back of his neck, shifting from foot to foot.]

...Thanks, North. [There's a pause.] I'm glad someone does.

Someone always will.

[ Nicholas St. North has never made or taken promises lightly, but his voice carries one with it as easily as the saint breathes. Perhaps it has no power like a child's belief, but words always have power if you mean them. If you let them. (Both of which he does.) ]

Now then. [ Gently ruffling the boy's hair, he rises to his full height again. ]

[Jack cringes a little at the hair ruffle before he lets himself chuckle, Baby Tooth giving a trill before she flutters into North's coat, slipping herself into a pocket. Living with Jack is nice and all but he's not exactly warm. The boy spirit raises his foot to scratch the back of his shin, smiling sheepishly as he wonders if he should ask about that last cryptic sentence before he realizes something.]

Uh, I've been living between the lake and the clock tower with Baby Tooth for the last month, so I don't actually have a place to take you back to. [He tilts his head.] I can still show you around though.

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