Niles & Velouria parent/child

C-support
Velouria: Daddy!
Niles: [smile] Hello, my little limpet-pup.
Niles: You’re especially clingy today. Is it a special occasion?
Velouria: [smile] Nope.
Velouria: [frown] Well, kinda.
Velouria: Are any of these people giving you a hard time?
Niles: ‘These people’? What, you mean our troops?
Velouria: [frown] Yeah.
Niles: No more so than usual, sadly.
Niles: Why do you ask?
Velouria: I was talking to a couple of soldiers and they said bad things about you.
Niles: [smirk] Well, I do have quite a reputation.
Niles: Don’t worry about them. I’m sure they were just jealous.
Velouria: [smile] Well, they won’t be voicing it any time soon.
Niles: Hmm?
Niles: [worried] Velouria, you didn’t…
Velouria: [smirk] Don’t worry, Daddy, I just played with them a little.
Niles: I’m sure they’ll watch their tongues in future.
Niles: [smile, closed eyes] Much as I appreciate the thought, daughter, you don’t need to do anything like that again.
Velouria: [angry] But….
Niles: I’m Lord Leo’s retainer here, you see? And part of that means taking the high road and letting their tongues wag.
Velouria: [frown] Grrr… I don’t like it.
Niles: [smirk] I understand. I’m not usually one to let a slight go unanswered, either. But for Lord Leo’s sake, it must be so.
Velouria: [eyes closed, frown] …If you’re sure, Daddy.
Niles: You’re such a sweet girl, though, thinking of me like that. Come on in for another hug.
Velouria: [smile, closed eyes] Yay…

B-support
Niles: [frown] Velouria…
Velouria: Why do you look so grumpy?
Niles: Can you guess?
Velouria: …Not enough hugs?
Niles: Nice try.
Niles: Remember what I told you about taking the high road?
Velouria: [frown] I have been!
Niles: Oh? Then you didn’t deck that strapping young footman?
Velouria: [sweat] I did. But that was different.
Velouria: [angry] You should’ve heard what he was saying!
Niles: He’s not the first man I’ve rubbed the wrong way, and he won’t be the last.
Velouria: It wasn’t like that! It was…
Velouria: [embarrassed] He was saying other stuff. About you and Lord Leo, or you and Avatar, or…
Niles: [surprised] Oh my.
Niles: [eyes closed, smile] What an overactive imagination.
Velouria: [angry] It’s not funny!
Velouria: If it weren’t for what you said, I would’ve torn him apart!
Niles: [surprised] Velouria?
Niles: [sweat] I’d never betray your father’s trust like that. You know that, right?
Velouria: It’s not about that!
Velouria: Argh! Don’t you get it?! Don’t you care at all?!
Niles: I’ve never known you to care what people think.
Velouria: I don’t, if it’s about me!
Velouria: [upset] You’re my Daddy! No-one gets to talk about you like that, ever!
Velouria: [eyes closed, upset] I can’t-
Velouria: It won’t go into words properly right now. Give me time. I’ll work out how to say it.
[Velouria leaves]
Niles: [sad] …That girl. She’s too good for me.

A-support
Velouria: [frown] Daddy.
Niles: You’re not even going to pretend you’re sorry, are you?
Velouria: No. Because I’m not.
Niles: [angry] Getting into bar fights is one thing, but the man you attacked was a noble!
Velouria: [eyes closed] Don’t care. He deserved it.
Niles: [upset] You’d be rotting in a dungeon if Lord Leo hadn’t stepped in!
Velouria: I’d escape.
Niles: [angry] VELOURIA! This isn’t a game!
Niles: If you can’t behave yourself like a good girl, you need to leave!
Velouria: [frown] Do you agree with what he said?
Niles: What?
Velouria: That… man. What he said about you. Do you agree?
Niles: [frown, sweat] He had quite a colourful turn of phrase, didn’t he?
Velouria: You’re not answering my question.
Niles: [injured] …
Velouria: So you do.
Velouria: [angry] Grr…
Niles: [sad] I’m not a good person, Velouria. I’ve done a thousand awful things just to survive.
Niles: I’m abrasive, cruel, amoral-
Velouria: [crying] STOP IT!
Velouria: You’re my Daddy and I love you, so stop hating yourself!
Velouria: Don’t you know how much it hurts to hear people say those things about you?
Niles: [surprised] Velouria, I… I’m sorry.
Niles: I never… There wasn’t anyone like that for me.
Niles: [eyes closed] But if someone dared say such things about you or Keaton, then I…
Velouria: [blush, closed eyes] …You get it now.
Niles: Mm. I get it.
Niles: [smile] You’re a very sweet girl. Thank you for caring so.
Velouria: [smile] Can I have a hug for my trouble?
Niles: Always.