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Edgar quite liked the idea of English class from his books, he only vaguely remembers being in one from his younger years but the idea that all of his books painted in his head was resplendent. So obviously it was a bit of a disappointment when he actually got to sit in one only to have to deal with Mr Moley and his inane assignments. Which brings us to now the four of them outside in the courtyard going for the look of normal school children and failing. Edgar is sat with his back to the tree, his copy resting on Montys back as he for some reason thought the most comfortable place for a lie down was on top of Edgar’s legs, as he works on his English assignment. Kevin and Roland are sparring a bit further away from them as to not disrupt Montys nap or Edgar’s work. Edgar loves when he gets into the groove like this and everything just falls away until it’s just him and his writing, the closest thing to peace he can get at a school for cursed boys.
Which is why it immediately gets ruined by Poe. When he wasn’t paying attention Poe landed next to him and without warning snatched the book out of his hands with his talons and took off up the tree.
“Poe!” Edgar cried shifting his body to attempt to grab the book back only to be stopped by the weight still pressed against his legs. Monty began to stir awake.
“What happened?” Monty mumbled into Edgar’s leg before pushing himself up into a sitting position.
Edgar gently patted Montys head before replying, “Don’t worry about it Poe just stole my copy book, you go back to your nap and I’ll get it off him.” Edgar reassured not wanting to disturb Monty after the craziness that was today’s control lesson.
“If I get it back for you can I keep napping on your legs.” Monty asked already standing up and stretching.
Edgar was confused by the request for a moment before replying “Well yes but I’m sure there’s more comfortable spots than my legs.”
“Yeah but I like being close to my family it makes me feel safe.” Before Monty gave Edgar a moment to unpack that he turns his legs and arms into paws and starts scaling the tree.
From his position on the ground Edgar can just about hear Monty attempting to reason with Poe before an indignant squawk is heard clearly and Monty jumps back down to the ground both Poe and copy firmly in his grasp.
“Here you go Edgar.” Monty says as he passes the copy to Edgar before letting Poe free.
“Why thank you Monty.” Monty didn’t reply to Edgar’s thanks with anything more than a sleepy hum before he gets back into his original position on Edgar’s legs. Edgar continues to work on his assignment absentmindedly rubbing the top of his head causing Montys tail to thump on the floor due to him forgetting to transform back to fully human. Edgar was wrong at the start being here surrounded by his friends and with a comfortable weight on his legs is the closest thing he’ll get to peace at St Churneys.