#anywhere

"Christmas is all about money. Like, trying to get stuff and figuring out who you need to give stuff to. It's exhausting."

"I didn't fill out one of the little tree cards this year...."

"Monney's not hard to get, you just find some punk with too much of it and make him cough it up" Dirk says

"Well, never really cared about giving gifts."

Nadeen looks at them both "I'm pretty sure the elders of the lodge would not agree with either of you but to each their own. I'm going to bed." She moves on.

"Right. Later."

Once she is gone, Dirk turns "hey, you sure it's just elves? Cuz it sounded like she ws talking about land things like the rock guy"

"But Klump's our friend. We ain't gotta tell her everything."

"Klumps a rock" A shrug "I mean, he's okay, but so? Ain't like he's a changeling, right of rescue, does it even apply? And what's she gonna do? Paint on his anchor? We don't even know where that is"

Well, HE doesn't

"So? He's ours."

"Not like she can take him from us"

And yet.. those memories... vague still...images of...

she can't form them, she only knows that the Varich had many servants...not all of them flesh

"Just... don't, okay?" A frown.

"She's different."

"Uhm.. she's an elf. LIke Bancroft, and Bancroft worries me more than girly girl unsained elf girl..."he shrugs

"At least HE can fiight"

"I ain't asking you to be afraid of the sidhe, Dirk."

"I'm tellin' you I don't want you tellin' her."

"FIne. I won't tell her, Merry Yule early gift I guess"

A curt nod. "Okay then."

A shrug "Fine. Oh shit... I gotta go study. Mr. Lee is... a pain in my ass. he's making me take lessons to catch my grades up AND On a vacation"

"That sucks ass. Good luck."

"I know... " He grumbles muttering something about bad ass little china guys, neverind that Mr Lee is Korean

A sigh, and Dagmar starts her own trudge towards home.

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