#anywhere

"Of course I would have helped her seize it if she insisted. I maybe unseelie, but passion before duty is... you take it too literally, there is nuance, lover. One is not expected to abandon the secondary just because it is not the primary. And oft, the two can be the same. I enjoy excelling in what i put my hand to." A pause "That WAS a eumphaism".

A slight swat sound, but she does not disagree

An eyebrow.

Then talk.

And he answers "Certainly not, and that is inappropropriate. I am not a suitor nor paramour to the Countess. Nor would I be so foolish as to name any one of them even if I thought I knew. Choose another line of discussion" Firm.

Indeed, she is sure he would be if she asked. More so after the next exhcange.

"Yes, even you must admit she is lovely..no don't grumble.. and it is not 'cheating' ...not any more than you being tall is a 'cheat' now, onto other subjects. How fares Sir Vali and Tiffany?"

Anyone in the Countess's current circle would be perhaps startled at the tender expression that crosses her face.

A begrudging sort of sound.

"No, I do not believe she would use them, and I say that with some confusion" Rostislav says "But it may comfort her to know of the good, and she would aid in the bad."

More voice and ... the voice actually comes in clear 'wishing they had just a bit more money to touch up this house'...

it's as if the Dreaming itself recognizes Thea's right to know of Vali's situation.

"but they're really happy.. trials and all. You know, love... TRUE love conquers all?" She says

He mmfs "Well, We varich manage to conquer without it. In deed, you know of us."

And the sound fades to fuzziness again, but it sounds like an affirmation

Oh yes there's a ring of truth there... she seeks him out because he is less likely to love? A troll.. a woman has her reasons for that. Then a thought occurs. The scathach? She barely pays them mind, but ...was this girl not seeing a Scathach before? If she is no longer. Ah.

True. this is... hardly a...

"you're wrangling Kinian? AH, not you... bit of an ingrate is he? "

Frusttrated mutter.

Then commentary.

Then.. "But why would a kinain, even a sidhe blood, cause distress? " Rostislav says.

Something has slipped. The girl still needs polish.

Well, that's a given. Thea observes.

And clammed up. Good thing Rostislav is not an Eiluned. That would be tantamount to bait!

"Very well, but if he destresses you so, then do not enchant him further.. and let that be the end of it. I kknow your father is Liam, so I do not suggest more efficient removal"

Something bout it sweet of him to care? The blur rises, kisses him, and makes ready to leave

Liams. They complicate EVERYTHING.

But more importantly is what the Countess has learned about Vali and Tiffany's house shopping. Mmm she closes her scrying. There are arrangments to see to while it is fresh in her mind.

(End Scene)