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"Ah... oh shoot I forgot" he says

"Ceremony?"

"Yeah, you Rivervalers are getting a ceremony of gratitude. Probably soem kind of medal involved" he nods

BIG EYES. "...oh."

"That... seems excessive..."

"I'ts a medal, she can manage a medal" Celia scoffs

"I should warn Siv and Piper..."

"You should" Stanly says "I'm sorry I forgot. the Baroness would be offended if you all declined"

"Oh, declining would be rude."

"It's... very nice. It is! It just seems like a lot."

"you killed sea monster" Celia says "A BIG One"

"Everyone killed a sea monster."

"You. froze. It's. Head" She reminds

"Gah."

"Yeah, hard to get over head freezing" Stanly nods

She sighs, and takes out her phone.

the other two talk lightly showing the games gotten while she texts

"Okay, they have a head's up, too. You think the boggans will have my armor clean by now? Or is this, like, a... dressy kind of court? The Baroness was very glamorous."

"She is, isn't she?" Celia sighs "I feel like such a schlub around her"

"You're great just the way you are" Stanly tells her, then answers Dagmar "Knights have a right to their arms and armor and by now it's clean"

"Well, I didn't bring anything fancy."

"So armor it is."

"Let's get you back to the hold" He says "Oh, hm.. after I walk Queenie" Queenie gets her walkies and the girls can come along, but then back to the hold

And so it goes!

Queenie prefers to pee on the spruce rather than the poplar "She's picky" he says

And soon they're on their way to the hold

*******to be resumed a CEREMONy Awaits!