#bergen_county

"But.. but I'd like to check with the Chief, first?"

"It's Stormwake's foal, too."

"Yes, but whatever you decide, the foal can't be sold."

"She can't be."

"Or he."

"But he can't be allowed to have it."

"I think we agree." A pause "i wonder what gift we should bring though?"

"Um. A gift?"

"of course, it's only polite... also it dims any attempt he might have to manipulate you along the seelie 'hey now you owe me repay your debts' angle." she says "It doesn't have to be grand."

"Maybe food?"

"I mean, hard to go wrong with cookies."

"Food and.. I'll think of something else. Get some contacts going" She nods

"Well, I'll make Tove's double-chocolate cookies."

"Good idea" A nod "And I think I'll get some favors pulled in for another gift"

"I think your house will probably be a bonus, too."

"Like - unseelie to unseelie?"

"It sounds like you really want to go," She strokes the Gwydion's face, "Though I am a bit pleased that in some ways you'll be expecting ME to beat him up for you if he gets mean.. diplomatically speaking"

"Oh, I've seen you in court... you're deadlier than I am, and I know it."

"I'm kind of blunt."

"You can be , but you're also kind"

"The world isn't."

"No, but you losing your own kinndess won't solve anything. Stay kind, Dagmar. One of us needs to" She looks up in those rich eyes

She gently taps Nadeen's nose. "So are you."

"No rules that snow can't be soft, or it can't soothe the spirit."

A nose wrinkle where she was tapped "I need to be a bitch so others don't have to be" A blush "but I can be soft ...just for you"

"I'm okay if it's just for me."

A smile

And then Tove comes in "Hey, just in time for lunch... you two go talk on the couch ... Pierogis okay? "

"Oooo..."

"Yes, please" Nadeen says

Tove smiles, shooshes them to the couch. And gets to work.

Nadeen and Dagmar hold hands as they watched a Forged in Fire focusing on a Russian weapon

(End Scene)

Piper is having a blast. She and Etsie are wailing some tunes.