[Viktor is also a cringe dad, just in a different way!! Cringe dad who comes to the science fair and loudly critiques the other children's volcanoes, so they can hear.

Anyway, the Worm Door is indeed soft, good one. Palamedes nods sagely to this.]

It is. And they are— usually. Bethany is usually more shy— [She Objects to this, shrilly, but only for a moment so she doesn't embarrass herself in front of Mob. Little girl behaviors.] But they've gotten used to all the foot traffic we get in here, by now.

[But, hm!! He does not get necromancer vibes from this child, maybe because he seems physically fit (audience laughs), so:]

You're a spirit medium, then?