[ it's so - he's soft, happy, mouth curling up into a smile as he looks up at lin jingheng. ]

... Well, none of them are old enough to be independent adults on their own. I thought I could forge papers for them, well enough, but... [ a pause. ] ...I think... at least - I'd like to make Gideon's official.

[ that feels a little bigger. ] Only if she's okay with it, and - well, if you are, too, of course. It's what I did for my students, too, you remember.