[SPOILERS] I can see there's so much to learn

[jerkchicken]

Back to Duckburg, but not nearly back to life as normal. Gyro had heard about the discovery with regards to the little bow girl and Mr. McDuck and all of that... And who would think that he'd ever be able to relate to that? But he could. During the face-off with FOWL, Gyro had realized that - somewhere along the way - he'd accepted a role as parent to Boyd. It wasn't entirely new. Lil Bulb was certainly more offspring than invention to Gyro, but Lil Bulb and Boyd were very different, with Boyd being much more of an actual child.

Theoretically, it would make sense to talk to Mr. McDuck about this shared experience of having fatherhood dropped in each of their laps. Maybe it wasn't exactly textbook conversation between employer and employee, but neither Scrooge nor Gyro were conventional people, anyway. And honestly? Mr. McDuck was one of the few people he respected. Gyro would like to hear any advice he might have, loathe as he was to admit he ever needed input from others.

So, on the first day Scrooge was back at the Bin following all that had happened, he'd soon see Gyro poking his head into his office. It wasn't unusual for Gyro to burst into Scrooge's other work to announce scientific breakthroughs, but this unannounced entrance had an entirely different, uncertain energy to it.

"Sir, a word?"

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[jerkchicken]

Though he took note of Scrooge's brief tensing up, he wasn't sure the best way to ask about it, or if he even ought to, despite how informal their current conversation was. And then, well, that joking little jab brought something else to mind, and Gyro's focus shifted, anyway.

"Well, that's the thing. Boyd has become part of another family, as well, and while all of that isn't my sort of thing to begin with, the point remains: I'm not sure where I fit in," he admitted. "The Drakes care for Boyd-" Excluding that unnerving other child they had, but that was a separate issue "-which I appreciate, but..."

He hated talking about this kind of sentimental topic, it just didn't come naturally to him anymore. Gyro sighed, glancing off. "I want to be part of Boyd's life without causing any problems for him."

[richestduck]

"Ah," Scrooge said slowly. He gave a sigh. "Well, the best I can offer is asking if you've told Boyd that? He might not want to bother you." Scrooge rubbed at his arm as he remembered the conversation he and Webby had had on Black Heron's island.