"What I could see of it while he was waving the paper in my face waiting for Aarne to pull his back up kit out of storage." Rik didn't think there was anything wrong. From his perspective. Ansgar's behavior was a positive. Anything that wasn't drinking until he couldn't think was a good thing. Rik would take the hyperactive madness over the drunken stupor any time.

"He's been.. better since he played for you." Rik mentioned and there's an unspoken thank you in the tone of the Dane's voice. It had been years since he saw Ansgar sober for more than a few hours. The past few days made Rik feel more hopeful about his cousins, and himself, healing from their past.