#anywhere

"Oh my... tread carefully here, honey. Mama bears are really just trolls with the excess body hair unshaved"

He laughs aloud.

"I have shared rumors from the south with you, mmm?"

"Oh a few, what in particular?"

"From the coast of the Serpent. The situation there naturally caught my attention even if my energies are elsewhere."

"oh yes, the one some folks think you were in volved in.... a balor noble hold falls to a troll who, while she bends knee to a countess , does not take a noble title. At least not a typical one. "

"I meant the resources being wasted by mortal and fae in the refugees there. The potential....."

"Mmmm also a risk of banality ,dear, desperation of hope denied is a ravaging all its own"

"I have not gone to investigate it in person." He reminds her.

"I know I know, is this a boggan thing? Help the needy on a big scale?"

William gurmphs "That is part of it. Also a lingering desire to play Robin Hood."

"Well, I don't want to spoil your fun entirely..." Cautious but she strokes his face "What do you want to do about it?"

"Well first, see what the Baroness wants." Reasonably.

"I suppose that's true. One thing at a time. " A kiss "Who knows, maybe this will all straighten out... and the Kings will end up being friends and come to our Roaring 20s nights?"

He laughs. "I love your dreams."

"Well, you inspire a lot of them"

"And you, me." He kisses her.