Matthew gathered up enough eggs, putting them in a small basket as he did so and once he was done, he headed back inside the house with the basket of fresh eggs.
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"You got quite a lot there, hens give you any trouble?" Hugo asked
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“Not really, they did peck and nip at my hands for a little bit when I tried to get the eggs though.” Matthew responded thoughtfully and honestly with Hugo.
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Hugo chuckled a little at that. "They do tend to do that. Want to protect their brood"
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Matthew managed to chuckle in return before speaking once again. “Well, I got them to calm down before I gathered the eggs.” He explained briefly in a breezy tone.
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"And how did you manage that?"
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Matthew shrugged his shoulders lightly. “I mean, all I did was just like... gently pet their feathers until they settled down and stopped pecking me.”
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"That just means that they trust you now"
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“Well, that’s a good thing because their pecks really hurt.” Matthew said quite truthfully as the pecks from a protective hen did indeed hurt.
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"I can imagine, I used to collect the eggs when I was a young boy to help my mother" Hugo admitted having a sad look in his eye as he mentioned it
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Matthew’s gaze was resting on Hugo. He did feel sympathy and some empathy with the plague doctor. “Y-Yeah I know, though my relatives had hens that I had to help out with sometimes.” He said, and he reminisced. His other relatives had died during the earlier stages of the epidemic.
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Hugo just nodded and turned back to the fish. "Could you check on the children? I'll take care of the food"
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Matthew bit on his lower lip, nodding and setting the basket nearby on the wooden table before going to check on the children and see how they were doing.
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Hugo meanwhile went to cooking breakfast for everyone then. He plated them and called for everyone in the home to get breakfast
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Matthew briefly checked on the kids and once he heard Hugo, he was making his way back to the kitchen area.