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[ It's unlikely that she is Claire's youngest nor does she actually want her to worry for her the most, but it feels her chest with a happy warmth to read those words regardless. ]
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
๐'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.
[ Sylvain is pretty sure his best talent is being the wrench in everyoneโs well-laid plans.
He takes in her confused expression, lips quirking faintly as he brushes another whisper-light kiss at the corner of her lips. ]
Because I wanted to. And because I told you we wouldnโt do anything you might regret when you werenโt sober enough to remember it. Thatโs not a problem this morning.
He takes in her confused expression, lips quirking faintly as he brushes another whisper-light kiss at the corner of her lips. ]
Because I wanted to. And because I told you we wouldnโt do anything you might regret when you werenโt sober enough to remember it. Thatโs not a problem this morning.
[ Disbelief reaches across her face. ]
Even if I have awful morning breath?
[ It's hard for Hilda to believe that her drunk self hadn't tried to force herself upon Sylvian for a kiss especially if he had been kind enough to drag her all the way back to the loft. Then again, who she is, is quickly becoming a nebulous thing for even her to grasp and hold onto.
Joking aside, the word want still throws her for a loop. Why did he want to? Why would he want to when there's someone else? And for all of this talk about regret, she can't help but ask - ]
What if you regret wanting to?
[ Wanting her in whatever capacity that means? ]
Even if I have awful morning breath?
[ It's hard for Hilda to believe that her drunk self hadn't tried to force herself upon Sylvian for a kiss especially if he had been kind enough to drag her all the way back to the loft. Then again, who she is, is quickly becoming a nebulous thing for even her to grasp and hold onto.
Joking aside, the word want still throws her for a loop. Why did he want to? Why would he want to when there's someone else? And for all of this talk about regret, she can't help but ask - ]
What if you regret wanting to?
[ Wanting her in whatever capacity that means? ]
Iโm pretty sure that by now Iโm well aware of the things Iโd regret and the things I wouldnโt, Hilda.
[ His voice is a dry drawl, because self-awareness has never been one of his weak points.
But he brushes his thumb over her lip as he holds her gaze. ]
You? Youโre never going to fall anywhere close to the โregretโ list.
[ His voice is a dry drawl, because self-awareness has never been one of his weak points.
But he brushes his thumb over her lip as he holds her gaze. ]
You? Youโre never going to fall anywhere close to the โregretโ list.
[ Her heart stutters again. Perhaps at the lip brush, perhaps at his words that she wants to be sincere and true. She pushes past the yearning hope to try and level set her own expectations and what he says he wants. ]
But I puked on you last night.
[ Even that sounds like a weak excuse to her own ears. She isn't even sure that she'd be so forgiving if the positions were swapped. Or rather, she isn't certain that she wouldn't be grossed out. There's the strongest urge to press her head into his chest - partly so she doesn't have to see him but also for the comfort it provides.
But because she's being held there by his gentle hand all she can do is sigh and close her eyes. ]
I don't want you saying something you don't mean. And you shouldn't be wasting your energy on me. [ Her hand snakes up between them, brushing lightly against the earring before gently cupping his face. ] You should focus on someone else.
But I puked on you last night.
[ Even that sounds like a weak excuse to her own ears. She isn't even sure that she'd be so forgiving if the positions were swapped. Or rather, she isn't certain that she wouldn't be grossed out. There's the strongest urge to press her head into his chest - partly so she doesn't have to see him but also for the comfort it provides.
But because she's being held there by his gentle hand all she can do is sigh and close her eyes. ]
I don't want you saying something you don't mean. And you shouldn't be wasting your energy on me. [ Her hand snakes up between them, brushing lightly against the earring before gently cupping his face. ] You should focus on someone else.
Trust me. [ His dry tone lingers as he frees her chin long enough to tweak a lock of her hair. Then he tugs her close again, wrapping her up in his arms once more. He rests his chin atop her head as he holds her. ] Iโve had nights end on much worse notes. That didnโt even make the top ten. There was no bloodshed, no angry relatives, no escaping out of a window. A little bit of extra laundry isnโt a hardship.
And besides. It isnโt up to you to decide where I get to spend my energy, because I definitely donโt see it as a waste. [ Where does she even get these ideas? Heโs positive heโs never implied anything of the sort. ] I have more than enough focus to go around.
[ He reaches up to catch her hand in his, threading their fingers together. ] And oh, yeah. Just in case you forgot that part, too, you promised to make me an earring. And Iโm holding you to that.
And besides. It isnโt up to you to decide where I get to spend my energy, because I definitely donโt see it as a waste. [ Where does she even get these ideas? Heโs positive heโs never implied anything of the sort. ] I have more than enough focus to go around.
[ He reaches up to catch her hand in his, threading their fingers together. ] And oh, yeah. Just in case you forgot that part, too, you promised to make me an earring. And Iโm holding you to that.
[ He's regaled her with stories of close calls, scaling out windows in the dead of night or just as dawn was breaking as someone came bursting through doors demanding to know what he was doing in bed with someone. It's never failed to delight her and it doesn't fail to draw the corners of her lips upwards now despite the conflicting feelings whirling inside of her.
And again, despite the doubt that stirs in her heart at his words, she allows herself to melt into his embrace. Instinctively she moves to wrap her arms around him - but before she can he's tangling their fingers together.
It's difficult to hide her bewilderment and confusion. ]
When did I say I was going to make you an earring? You already have one.
And again, despite the doubt that stirs in her heart at his words, she allows herself to melt into his embrace. Instinctively she moves to wrap her arms around him - but before she can he's tangling their fingers together.
It's difficult to hide her bewilderment and confusion. ]
When did I say I was going to make you an earring? You already have one.
He's attacking everyone. Violently.
Fighting alongside the beast, using fire, not acting like himself at all
Do these monsters infect people? Is that how they are made?
Fighting alongside the beast, using fire, not acting like himself at all
Do these monsters infect people? Is that how they are made?
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ! ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ. ๐๐ฆ'๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ - ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ.
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ - ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ. ๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ.
I know
All right
[ He has no idea what kinds of Crests or Relics Hilda means, surmising only they're from her and Linhardt's world and don't exist here; at least, that's what it seems like she's saying.
Frankly, he's a little distracted.
There's no answer for a minute or two, then-- ]
Hilda he's not calming down
What can kill the demon beast?
All right
[ He has no idea what kinds of Crests or Relics Hilda means, surmising only they're from her and Linhardt's world and don't exist here; at least, that's what it seems like she's saying.
Frankly, he's a little distracted.
There's no answer for a minute or two, then-- ]
Hilda he's not calming down
What can kill the demon beast?
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[ She paces, waiting for words to fill her vision. When they do she lets out her held breath. ]
๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ต, ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ -
[ The admission about being possessed herself almost gets scrawled down. Catching herself she continues. ]
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ต, ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ. ๐ -
[ The admission about being possessed herself almost gets scrawled down. Catching herself she continues. ]
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ. ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
[ There's no arguing that that sounds like something she would have done. But her eyes dart once again to earring before peeling away uncomfortably. It's hard to feel second place when she had never been in the running to begin with, she tells herself.
Instead she focuses her gaze on their hands and the feeling of the senseless circles against her knuckles and the arm around her waist. She squeezes his hand letting out a tired exhale. ]
It probably won't look good beside that one.
Instead she focuses her gaze on their hands and the feeling of the senseless circles against her knuckles and the arm around her waist. She squeezes his hand letting out a tired exhale. ]
It probably won't look good beside that one.
[ He just gives a disbelieving scoff at that. ]
If anyone could make a piece of jewelry that would look good there, it would be you. But if itโs too difficult for you, you can always make one for the other ear. Or maybe up the curve of this one instead.
If anyone could make a piece of jewelry that would look good there, it would be you. But if itโs too difficult for you, you can always make one for the other ear. Or maybe up the curve of this one instead.
[ There's a non-commmital sound from her. It's partly a dismissal at his confidence in her jewelry making skills and partly towards this supposed promise she had made him. Had she agreed because she so desperately wanted to feel included? To feel wanted? Is it some kindness he's giving her because he feels pity towards her and that her temper tantrum as she is coming to think of it, had worked in some way, shape or form?
It's too much to think about this early (is it even early?) in the morning and when she can feel the hangover that she's undoubtedly going to have the rest of the day creeping at the edges of her mind. Weariness and an impending hangover aren't enough to stop her from feeling andย sounding reticent despite her best efforts to sound like a less than chipper version of herself. ]
I guess if I promised, I don't really have a choice, do I?ย
[ When she makes it though hadn't been discussed as far as she's aware - otherwise he would have mentioned that too. And maybe she would some day when her heart didn't feel so heavy and aching as it did right now. Maybe some day when she didn't feel the creep of the jealous creature stroke its sharpened claws along the length of her spine reminding her that it was still there, ever present. ]ย
It won't be today though. I feel like I woke up with cotton balls in my mouth.
It's too much to think about this early (is it even early?) in the morning and when she can feel the hangover that she's undoubtedly going to have the rest of the day creeping at the edges of her mind. Weariness and an impending hangover aren't enough to stop her from feeling andย sounding reticent despite her best efforts to sound like a less than chipper version of herself. ]
I guess if I promised, I don't really have a choice, do I?ย
[ When she makes it though hadn't been discussed as far as she's aware - otherwise he would have mentioned that too. And maybe she would some day when her heart didn't feel so heavy and aching as it did right now. Maybe some day when she didn't feel the creep of the jealous creature stroke its sharpened claws along the length of her spine reminding her that it was still there, ever present. ]ย
It won't be today though. I feel like I woke up with cotton balls in my mouth.
[ He bends to press a kiss to her brow once more, tucking her hair back off her face with an affectionate brush of his fingers. ]
I think I can do something about that. Why donโt you go get washed up and into something comfy. Iโll go make you some tea. I promise youโll feel all better afterwards.
I think I can do something about that. Why donโt you go get washed up and into something comfy. Iโll go make you some tea. I promise youโll feel all better afterwards.
[ Hilda's eyes flutter closed for a moment as his warm lips kiss her forehead. There's other excuses on her lips about why she shouldn't linger longer than necessary. She's no longer familiar with Claude's schedule but she has to imagine that just because it's some nebulous part of the morning, he's probably somewhere which is probably the biggest reason she'd prefer to leave as quickly as possible.
But instead of saying anything along those lines she brings their hands closer together to brush her lips gently and quickly against his knuckles in silent agreement. ]
I won't stay too long. I have to meet Ioana in Aquila to pick up some packages.
[ That one at least isn't a lie. As she extracts herself from the bed, she tugs the sheet along with her to wrap around her body as she darts towards the bathroom. It's probably ridiculous and she's probably going to get laughed at - but after everything she had been through in the last 24 hours, she can't help it. Just before she closes the door she lingers in the doorway not turning to look at him. ]
Sylvain, I really don't deserve to be treated so kindly. But I appreciate it.
But instead of saying anything along those lines she brings their hands closer together to brush her lips gently and quickly against his knuckles in silent agreement. ]
I won't stay too long. I have to meet Ioana in Aquila to pick up some packages.
[ That one at least isn't a lie. As she extracts herself from the bed, she tugs the sheet along with her to wrap around her body as she darts towards the bathroom. It's probably ridiculous and she's probably going to get laughed at - but after everything she had been through in the last 24 hours, she can't help it. Just before she closes the door she lingers in the doorway not turning to look at him. ]
Sylvain, I really don't deserve to be treated so kindly. But I appreciate it.
Well. Weโll have to agree to disagree on that fact.
[ He watches her go with a faint smile lingering at the corner of his lips, his expression full of fondness. ]
But youโre welcome anyway. Now go on. Iโll have your tea ready for you when youโre finished.
[ He watches her go with a faint smile lingering at the corner of his lips, his expression full of fondness. ]
But youโre welcome anyway. Now go on. Iโll have your tea ready for you when youโre finished.
Are you still here? I have seen evidence of you in Horizon but you have not responded to my question about whether I could nap in Goneril.
[Linhardt spends time at the monastery and notes what is happening, he just is usually there at odd hours.]
[ She sees the message just as she's beginning to stir from a nap of her own which is unfortunately not Goneril. ]
๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ! ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
[ The temperature in her domain is, unsurprisingly, always adjusted to the nappers preference. ]
๐'๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ! ๐'๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
[ The temperature in her domain is, unsurprisingly, always adjusted to the nappers preference. ]
๐'๐ฎ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ.
[A little cold? Linhardt frowns; Hilda is a social butterfly. If she stops responding to people just because she had a slight illness, sustaining her relationships would not be possible. Hilda seems more like the sort of person who would be more communicative with a cold as it would be an excuse to get people to do things for her.]
Are you lying? You said we shouldn't hide things.
So there are no prickles or thistles in the fields? I hate when one finds an environment that seems conducive to sleeping and then there are small, thorny plants there.
Who is Mogwry?
Goneril has a very pleasant climate and itโs drier than Hevring - I think the sun would be more pleasant in Goneril.
๐๐จ๐ฉ, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ต.
[ That's...more of the truth. ]
๐'๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ! ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง?
๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐...๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ.
[ That's...more of the truth. ]
๐'๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ! ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง?
๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ธ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด. ๐...๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ.
You were angry when I suggested that being concerned about me is a waste of your time. Did you not think that as a healer I would want to know if you were injured? Particularly as you were injured enough to not respond to messages when you enjoy social interactions.
Maybe you'd be punishing me for something by putting in thistles.
Mogwry can talk? How did he come to be in Horizon? Did your friend or lover create him?
๐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ! [ And that isn't a lie. ] ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ! ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ - ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ?
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ?
๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ! ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ, ๐๐ช๐ฏ?
๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ! ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ. ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ'๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ.
You are not the Professor: You cannot sleep that long. I could have asked questions to make sure that you were being well attended to. I have spoken with Nadine and have a lot of respect for her at this moment, but I may know things she does not and vice versa.
Perhaps you would find it amusing?
[Linhardt and Caspar would probably put thistles in each other's domains, and Linhardt would 100% put his at the top of a long tower in the sky just to make Hubert exist there.]
Interesting. I will need to speak with Mogwry. Has anyone made people?
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