#baronyofthesilverwolf

"You should let him know he's doing alright." She blurts.

This causes her to raise both brows "SHould I? Has he voiced insecurities at a lack of praise?"

Thistle's spirals shift briefly yellow, before settling. "No, he ain't voiced it, not exactly, but..."

A quick grimace, and she avoids looking directly at Nadeen. "But he's pretty sure he's... I mean... (&%$^^^%..."

"I mean, he ain't a fuck-up!"

"And for all you know, he might be a Baron, too. And if so, he's gotta... he's..."

"No, he's not. He has made mistakes but we all do that. I did that when I first arrived. In retrospect, it's amazing I didn't either get yeeted or flicker flashed into a lake in my first month" She admits "And he might be a baron, but whatever title he is, he's our ward, and if we're not supporting him enough in morale that's a failing on our part. "

She scowls, still not looking at the sidhe directly. "Like, thing is.. he ain't Artie. I get that, that the Artie I knew is gone, and Art's new. But, like... he's living IN Artie, and his family treats him that way, and school does, and Artie got dealt a shit hand in lots of ways."

"And maybe, like, he needs some help seeing he's more like you two, than... than... y'know?"

"Fahrvergnügen." She huffs, frustrated.

"Well, you two work so well together we thought we should stick with that. Are you saying we should take him out some nights to teach him 'sidhe 101?'"

Her cheeks flush and she shrugs.

"I dunno. I dunno what sidhe need to be... sidhe."

"Just... just he's just as good as any of you I've met."

"Ah," Nadeen nods "Yes. I think I understand" She seems to evaluate the girl's mood, not easy for a Varich, they can be aloof, but Nadeen's life has been trained at court reading and social interaction with sword and magic behind that "You see his worth so clearly, and worry he and others do not"

Her mouth twists into a tangle and she nods.

"Sometimes we see what is best in others even when they don't, sometimes we are tricked into believing a lie and getting manipulated; with Art? I do not believe it is the latter . He's just not a user. " She ponders "I thought he had won Dame GLadiola over with his warning on thanksgiving. Are others here treating him disrespectfully? "

"It's not... like that."

"I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job. Just.. just you and the Baron are the sidhe here, and you know what it means to be Noble, right? I'm not even a full regular commoner yet."

"And Art isn't sained either, but you're right. We've been neglecting teaching him aspects of Leadership and rulership" She considers this

Shrug.

"Maybe I can invite him to Court, and see what he thinks of the problems facing our Barony. See how he thinks, teach him what we know. "

"Yeah? You'll see, he's smart."

"That is not in doubt. At times he has been a bit rash , but we wilders are prone to it"

"Maybe a bit. But he wants to be useful, yeah?" A beat. "Who doesn't?"

"We all do" Nadeen found herself nodding "Though I think you and Art are quite useful in different ways, you're also a good team so you've been very useful in helping each other. Dame Gladiola worries she doesn't do enough, but honestly sometimes the Dame, bless her heart, takes so much on herself I'm tempted to tell her to switch to decaff"

Squint. "Is that a troll thing?"

"Or just our three?"

"Oh so very much a troll thing" She says "They are an amazing kith and we are blessed to have them, but the more you get to know them, the more you both admire them AND want to bounce a rock off their skulls. KIndly do not tell the Thanes or Dame Gladiola I said that, but it's true"

The look in the older wilder's eyes indicates she's seen troll shit that the nocker wouldn't BELIEVE

A brief snerk.

"Chieftain Brekke herself has to be tricked into vacation time. Hearth Kerri once acted as if she'd been failed the honor of the lodge because of a Fart tart incident. Sir Franklyn retired in part because he wasn't 'grooving with the wilders properly and thus letting them down' or so I hear. Even Sylvi flogged herself metaphorically over the fact she ONLY brought a theatre to life in a city that needed dreams before she moved on again. Lady Captain Siv is a walking compensation who can't STAND others less than happy if she can fix it. As for Dame Dagmar... no, there's just not enough time in the day to tell you about that wonderful and infuriating Blue Falcon and her determination to do all the heavy lifting that's to be done around her. I had to get weapon training on the side so she wouldn't hold the sword for me. " A nother thought "And again, please keep that in trust. They're allies and might not be amused. But the point is, yes, trolls are terribly decent and decently terrible at the same time when it comes to their martyr instincts"

"Duly noted."

"Thank you. I take it Dame Gladiola is still acting like if a ward of our hold farts SHE Should apologize?"

"If we'd done so at the farm, I bet."

A deliciate snort "I do not doubt. Well, apparently you all three did fine. Good work there. I know diplomacy isn't everyone's cup of tea. "

"Not mine!"

"And yet you did well" She says "Don't worry, I've no plans to make you ambassodor to anywhere soon"

"There is an all-nocker hold, though. Could check that out."

"More than one nocker hold but maybe. If you're talking about goblint town, you'd have to be careful. It's dangerous and I'd like an escort for you. "

"How can it be dangerous? They aren't real goblins, like, the thallian type."

"..I don't think.."

"Oh, well, Goblin town has a history , though it's decades past.. one of their rulers went Dauntain for a time. She was, thankfully over thrown. But there are still left over bits of her rule's influence"

"...Oh." An odd expression on the fledge's face.

"That said, it's also said to be an amazing area full of works of genius, where Euclid is challenged and was Steampunk before that was a term"

A tilt of her own head as she sees that expression "Thistle. If you really want to visit there we can arrange it. "

"I guess I'm curious."

"A healthy trait. I'll see who we can send along as an escort for you. It maybe after school though"

"The all-troll place was HUGE. Like... what would an all pooka or all satyr one be like?"

"Maybe Willy would want..." A look out the door and a frown.