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And it works... good thing too, had this not happenend, it might have gotten out of hand.

Sayda says "What breed is he? " She ays moving "And is he hurt?"

"A great dane! I don't know, let's go check on him..." Herding.

The dog is fine. Just confused. But for a moment.. down the perpendicular hall she sees someone withdrawing cloak fluttering

She's not sure who.. a sidhe though. the bearing.

Azul gets fussed over and checked out.

"Isn't he handsome? In spanish, it's a perro."

"Perro" Vaeltilde says

Sayda says "I think it's good that we ALL love dogs"

an undercurrent there. ANd the Clurichaun gives Ellie a look of understanding. That was close!

"Dogs are good."

"Dogs are great" The Aesin says "But he is going to be very big."

"Yeah, look at his paws" Ariel agrees with Vaeltilde

"SO big!"

Sayda strokes his ears "I like his ears feel how soft"

"Like velvet." Agreeably.

"He's got a tail that could knock you over" Ariel grins

Giggles. "He likes to chase balls... c'mon, let's go play fetch in the atrium..."

And they go, with Azul. But.. who was that sidhe that HAPPENED to be so close?

Mmm

off the kids go.. ball bouncing through the atrium

or maybe the hallways... it may bounce around.

A mystery!

But there are vassals to manage...

Yes. That's true. She is HEIR.

That news is... well... it has weight.

She's known she would have to find a place... that is why she took so many lessons. And there's so many distractions here!

It's easy to be busy and happy.

And nearby, Gelach shakes his head, out of sight from the childlings and the dogs he had to push for a distraction.

"Who's getting soft now?" MacTyre says to him

The Eiluned raises a brow and lies, because, well, he can "I don't know what you're talking about"

........meanwhile, Ellie has distraction and time to take charge carefully, and smooth things over. Making sure, with Sayda's help, that Vaeltilde and Ariel don't recreate that incident soon. She remembers the lessons. Find commonalities, help them understand the other just a bit.

Thank da'an for dogs...

Now, if later, Gelach notices some chronos sparking up int he hallway...

(Later) It turns out, Gelach either dropped his guard or didn't think anyone would investigate. For while the others are watching a movie or soemthing.. Ellie coaxes the glamour and... sees him come in on the fight, stop, frown, and then.. shove the dog muttering 'sorry'

causing Azul to skitter and crash

How she feels about this. What dots she connects? Well.

Well. Maybe they ARE good guys.

mm he DID apologize to the dog. It would appear her lesson in manners at the table stuck with him. Good.

Very good!

She wanders through the hold and... finds the fire. The bale glows and flickers. She is.. not quite connected, but it knows her. More than it did before. It's as if Jessica's interest makes it so the hold is .. slightly open to her. the flame. She is not bonded.

"Hello." Softly.

Fenix shimmers or maybe it's her imagination? The feeling here is one of peace, serenity folks say.. but there's also a playful ness to renewal, the second wind, the first stretch in the morning. Renewal isn't the same as sleepy and it doesn't HAVE to be too sedate.

Is Spring sedate?

The girl sits down on the floor, watching the flames dance. Sir Gerald taught her to look for pictures, and she does - there, a flower, there, a dancing goat...

Yes, like making clouds take on the shapes you want. Mortals come close to understanding that, but they think the cloud looks LIKE... they don't know that believing is seeing.. so if you believe hard enough, it is, or can be.

She loses herself there, whiling away in the timeless place sidhe can find so well.

No vision of what will be comes to her, or even what MIGHT be. But what could be? Oh yes. Beaumayn can day dream.

Friends and kittens and dolls.... oh, this place IS a dream.

Already her mind imagines what the kittens will look like as they grow from furry jelly beans (A thought that still makes her want to smile) to romping racing kittens!