#anywhere

And when she wakes up, pouty as she is, when she sees the flowers she will smile.

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Tiffany comes into see twin troll boys. "Okay, Kerri? I know we're short troll boys here what did Amazon ship them in?"

"They came by way of a certain Waveborne girl riding a Kestrel. Apparently there was a hurricane in the Dreaming."

"Thank goodness we never have in the AUtumn lands" But despite her cautious nature about kids, she does look sympathetic. "This might be a bad time to toot a horn huh?" SHe shows her smart phone

"It's okay, miss. " One says /"We can go out or do something else if you need help?" The other offers

"Hm?" And she pauses to look at the phone screen."

It's a picture of a House.. there's a SOLD Sign on it

A smile to Tiffany, "Boys, thank you, that's enough...but you can go back out and practice with the practice weapons, if you like."

She seems to be waiting to respond properly to the photo.

"Thank you, ,Hearth" Lucjan says/ "Yes, I want to thank you even more" Lauge says./"Not as much as me" LucJan says/"LOTS more than you..." THe other says

Tiffany whistles between her fingers, "Tweedles... take it outside , withy practice weapons. Folks need a break so you can help by keeping out of the stew. "

It's almost military sounding, but then she was i nthe army. The boys stand up straight and go out to practice.

Kerri blinks, then says, "THANK you for that..." Then another look at the phone and a very un-Hearth-like squeal. "You two did it!"

"Oh better than you know, Wicked Fairy Godmothers are the best..." Fond sounding and she shows the pictures of the FOUR Bedrooms, and a basement area... "See, there's where Vali can do whatever it is he does.." Meaning the writing "And there's gonna be my danger room where I can put my weights. And that room will be my gun collections"

"Ohhh...that's so much space! Wonderful!"

She may look perhaps a bit envious at the moment, given the abundance of houseguests.

"When do you move in?"

"Soon as Vali returns from antique road show in the Dreaming" SHe grumbles a bit at that

"He's on a quest? Did I miss that?"

She's back to busily multiplying loaves and fishes from the supplies in the pantry.

"I wouldn't say you miss it," Joking attempt to humor "So yes, it's got a lot of the final frontier! But right now it's got lots of old junk we need to move out...kids rooms blah. So.. how can I help? Need a bomb disarmed? Someone shot? Bit?"

Kerri pauses. "Kids rooms?"

"Yeah, the last owners had like...well this is play room, and bedroom number 3 still has the furniture for their boys blah"

That's bedroom number four... but still if the pictures are looked over again...

goodness, that basement maybe only PART finished but it could...

why all five kids could easily fit.

Even without the basement at least 3

"I am SO painting over that wall and by me I mean the tall guy who can touch the celing in that room"

As Tiffany rambles about her eventual plans, she does mention that Vali probably won't be back from his quest for awhile and she wasn't really going to move in until then.

"Ah...Tiffany...I think I am about to make you very, very annoyed with me."

"Hey, I know I'm not a boggan like your husband, but I can patrol and thane as good as the next beautifully groomed individual... you need something? Ask. I'm a pretty sporting breed" She grins

Sally Mae is coming in soon. Mmm that's another pair of hands or eyes.

"It's a pretty big ask. You sure?"

Tiffany says "I've been in firefights to save a damsel. I once hunted down the man who shot my paw. Heck, I can even make little bread rolls that taste like.. nearly one tenth as good as yours... I am woman, hear me howl" Confident

"Good. I need you to house these newly arrived childlings until we find them proper placements."

All at once, and very matter-of-factly. Fait accompli.

"House the... " Tail falls, ears go flat "Are there no kennels, are there no work houses?"

"Well, you can certainly give them work to do while they're there. I think it would be insane not to; they'll just tear the place apart out of boredom if you don't give them anything to do."

A whimper "Ah.. Hearth? I.. I don't litter. It's one of the things that Damsel and I have.. I mean, I think he wants... but I'd rather have mange. Shouldn't a professional mother be hired for this? I mean, I'd hate if one the little darlings stepped on my land mine collection"

"Tiffany, I totally get it, but we're in need right now. Especially with Ann Marie out for the count. She'll be recovering for a while, so it's all hands on deck, and you've got a perfectly suitable home to put them in. Plus, you need help getting it all cleared out, correct?"

"But I'm not allowed to shoot children." She says tail, somehow lower "Believe me, I checked." Then a sigh "Can I have a little...I mean, some non nose picking help?"

And that's when Sally Mae comes in with the restockeed groceries and supplies "Okay. Sounds busy as a bee hive in the main lodge so I came in this way with the potatoes from the farm and the... oh, Hi" Seeing Tiffany

Kerri looks over with a sigh of relief. "Sally Mae, wonderful. And...yes, Tiffany, I think that makes good sense." And she explains to Sally Mae the idea to have the kids stay at Tiffany's new house, and would Sally Mae please help with overseeing them for the time being?

"Heck, if you want, I can stay over there a bit" Sally mae says

The poor Kinian's eyes widen as she is HUGGED fiercely

"My future Bridesmaid!" The pooka says "You handle the kids. I'll handle the killing"

Kerri's deft hands have already saved the grocery bag before they could be pooka crushed

The grocery rescue was smooth as silk, and she's already putting things away. "Sally Mae, that would be perfect. We'll certainly help with the supplies. I may have to see if we can purchase extra from the Farm this month."

"We're always happy to sell" Sally Mae says laughing, "Tiffany, they're just children. We were ALL children, once."