Forgiveness
"Why couldn't you ever say my name right?" Olivia queried.
"If I may be frank, Miss Flaversham, you were a bit of a nuisance at first," I confessed. "I deliberately mispronounced your name to annoy you."
"I don't know how I'll ever thank you for your forgiveness," Fidget stated.
He turned to the queen and bowed. "I also thank you, Your Majesty."
Bill rolled his eyes. "Just three years ago, you were a gibbering kidnapper helping Ratigan attempt to murder the queen, and now you're a gentleman humbly showing gratitude for forgiveness! I liked you better the other way, Fidget!"
"I agree!" put in Henry. "Just once, can you act like the Fidget we used to know?!"
Fidget stuck his head out the nearest window. "Here, kitty! Come eat! Henry wants to see me kill someone!"
Knowing his threat was a mere jocosity, nearly everyone laughed.
He turned to me. "Remember when I left my hat near where you live, and you had Toby track me to the toy store?"
"I often wondered what could have possibly been going through your demented mind at that moment," I answered, "but I will admit your actions at the store demonstrated a trace of clever planning."
"I had to be agile," he stated. "After I broke my wing, Ratigan thought I was useless. You know what happened when he thought someone was useless, don't you?"
Felicia looked very uncomfortable.
Fidget reached out the window to comfort her. "It's alright. No one's blaming you. It was just the way Ratigan raised you. I still can't believe how slender you've become, and I admire your amity with Toby. I suppose you work cases with him now."
The cat accepted his affectionate taps on the head.
"I don't think the others are ever going to forgive me for reforming my life instead of going to prison. Do you ever get a similar feeling?"
Felicia nodded.
Lewis sighed. "How could he possibly have forgiven her? She's the reason for his peg leg!"
"Others have forgiven me, so it's not hard for me to forgive others," Fidget replied.
"Well spoken," Robert complimented.
"Thank you."
"I was being sarcastic."