#bergen_county

".......you......."

"Yet I am not of Rivervale."

"Who, of Rivervale? Surely,if they are kind to you, then they must be admirable..."

"The Chief is ok. She's trying, I think. Miss Tove's ok but she's Dagmar's mom and Dag doesn't like me anymore so that can get kind of weird. Connor's cool, even if he did play a pretty dirty trick on me; he's just a kid."

"Doesn't like you?"

Hoofbeats, satyrs are plentiful here

"S'ok. It wasn't a good break-up."

"Oh! Sally Mae. She's definitely ok." A bright grin.

"Sally Mae is nice, yes."

Zane peeks in, "oh... hi."

Adam is standing star-struck and staring at the Sidhe.

"Hi! Zane, right?"

"Yes, Sparrow, right?"

"That's right."

Zane admires then says "Beautiful work.." His eyes on her, then a cough "The painting I mean... " A look "Cool stuff"

Then he finally notices Adam

"It's coming along."

"Adam, dude, hwo goes?"

Nope, he's not home. Call again.

He looks at Sparrow, "Ah, may I help you two out here?"

"I don't really need help."

A yearning sigh.

"I was thinking he might," An apologetic look "I mean... I feel him... you're well, glorious, Baroness." He bows with a blush "But I could fuddle him so he didn't see yo uas beautiful as you are and it might. ..ah help him?"

"Ah, so you see it too."

She dabs at some bark.

"Adam, go with Zane. Discuss the concern I have, hm?"

"the drool on his chin? Yeah" He says wiping his own "And I can do it right here, no trouble. "

"Do not fuddle him." She frowns.

"I don't -want- to leave but...if you wish it....." reluctant.

"He must learn to cope."

"I do wish it. Go - speak to Zane."

"Well, I thought at temporary buffer an then gradually..." But he hears that tone of command and bows again

Adam bows and tries to tear himself away. "C'mon......"

"Sure..." He moves and takes Adam's arm and guides him away.. though neithe wants to leave her

Indeed, Adam trails after Zane as he's led but looks back until he can't see her.

Once Adam and Zane are down the hall and more or less alone and away "Geezus christ it's like looking at fire when you're a freezing man"

"Dude! What the hell? TIMING!" Adam huffs and scowls. "Ok, look, she said to discuss with you so.... so she's worried, concerned, that I...." He thinks and remembers "...am vulnerable to being seduced."

"So why would that be a concern?"

"Dude... folks keep telling you, but you don't listen. You have met, for the most part, NICE Sidhe nobles. Imagine Sparrow.. but instead, she's like a Leanhaun, she tells you you're awesome... you drool... she asks you for just a few bits of information on the trods and things that the lodge is connected to.. it's treasures, who knows what arts? And she does it while waving her cleavage in your face "

"Yay cleavage?"

"I love cleavage, I am a big fan of cleavage. I think Cleavage is the Gods way of telling us the world is a beautiful thing and warmer and more wonderful than we can imagine. BUUT... whil you're going 'yay cleavage, you just gave away all of the lodge's secrets... and put everyone at risk. You end up having three weeks of creative energy, mad sex, and then... you never, ever, dream again. Because that's what Leanhaun do"

"I don't, like, -know- any secrets! And I can't Dream, either, not for you guys. I've tried."

"Not what i mean... and you know plenty. WHere those outside the lodge live, what arts you've seen folks use. Adam you act like you're on the outside .. but you've been 'in' more than most commoners of the Barony. " Zane says "My idea was to fuddle you so you saw Sparrow more ..ordinary. But she shot that down." He sighs " Damn. Just like that too. I was hoping you'd build up a ..resilience. Not complete afater all. Frankly, Sparrow is the most gorgoues sidhe I've ever seen. She even makes Nadeen look .. well ,no, no sidhe looks ordinary, but it's like a snow flake is beautiful... then someone cranks the dawn to an 11 and who cares about the snowflake?"

Adam sighs and looks back the way they came. "Yeah......"

"Chief asked her to squire me, Dude."

"DUDE..." then a wince "I think you just blew it"

"What?!?!!"

"No, no way, look, she said discuss with you so... so....."

'Discuss with me what? I wonder " He says "SHe can't have you spacing out everything she looks at you, not and be a squire. And she won't let me fuddle your vision of her"

"Ok, so I know some stuff but half the magic I wouldn't know what it was. I mean, I could tell someone about the Raid, maybe but...."