#baronyofthesilverwolf

The treasure is on display openly as part of a way to honor their guests.

Madern serves food, and ...twitches a bit when he walks close to it where Thistle sketches

Gwen speaks up "Ernie, don't even THINK it, " And "Nice colors on it, Huh, Thistle?"

"It's a nifty design."

"Now, if it were blacklight reactive, imagine the possibilities..."

"Okay, that DOES sound cool" Gwen admits "You think you could make something like that?"

"Never-dust has interesting properties."

"Now, the collection system there needs refinement. Worse'n glitter, the stuff gets in places worse'n a piskie at a speed-dating conference."

"You're going to shake them like little pepper jars aren't you?"

"I mean, it works."

"They get kinda sassy after that, though."

"Tell me about it.. We have a blue one that darn near bit me last time you did it. Didn't actually, but acted like it"

"See, the trails are so fine, picking it up is hard..."

"I thought you were working on a new sifter for that? " She's clearly out of the loop

"A tiny vacuum, actually."

"Oh, well, that must suck" Deadpan troll face but Thistle knows it for the joke attempt it is.

Snort.

"I assure you, it does."

"Do the Nevers mind it much? Or does it make them as cranky as the shaking?"

"They complain about the noise."

"mm, tiny ear muffs?"

Siiiigh.

"Lacks elegance."

"Right, you don't tell me how to stand watch or train dogs. I should leave invention to the spiraled ones" A weak smile

"exactly!"

"Fine, but I still wanna see the cool stuff you make. Even if half the time it is, ironicly, over my head"

"Mm..." A tiny shrug.

Muppet is of course, right next to Thistle as she doodles.

"mm?" Trolish hurumph

"You ain't stupid."

"True" She nods

"I mean, I'm not saying you're bright, you're a rock."

Snerk "Don't forget, I can reach the top shelves for you"

"I have stilts!"

"And I have dogs that can yank on stilts" A wink "But I wouldn't. That would be rude"

"It would!"

"Wait, are these the stilts you were going to put a Gyroscope in? Or am I mixing that up with another project?"

"You are, but that's fine."

"Sorry. I liked the house on Martha fine, but boy I missed it here" She looks around happily "Mom is gonna stuff me so full I'm gonna need to jog twice my regular"

"What if you just grow up instead of out?"

At that, she ponders "Actually, I think I might have grown a bit while I was gone. I didn't really do the comparison to Linnae or Danica"

She seems surprised by this

Squinting. "You gained at least 3 centimeters."

"No way" She stands and looks down "Wow I..maybe?"

"Yeah - partially horns, though."

"Well, troll horns don't get that big. Just ask any satyr, who seem to be kind of weird about horn size, at least the guys"

She does paw at her horns though, that do feel a bit more pronouncded "I guess for trolls the growth spurts go on a lot longer. "

"You should see Dame Dagmar up close. She's catching up with Chieftain Brekke"

"That's the uptight Gwyd, right?"

"But you repeat yourself" She says, "Nah, she's cool. She hustled while she was acting Storm that's for sure. I helped with patrol assignments. She sure spoils her animals though" Not entirely disapproving