#brightwindsbarony

"There should be no shame in wanting to remove a blight." She frowns. "I dislike how fairy tales so often punish... but it isn't vanity. She deserves to be seen. She's a little girl, for god's sake."

"It sounnds liike you have a task for your knights" he says

"It would require discretion."

"Chieftly so Ashlee herself doesn't know unntil the time is right?"

She taps her chin.

"Might be merit in the children going. Perhaps the knights can do some looking - the kids could do a dreaming quest."

Brows

"Childlings need adventure and magic as much as wilders. Though... with precautions."

"Failsafes, so to speak. Guardians who would intervene only if needed."

"I.. well, Cathir would likely welcome a chance to lead such. And Felicity IS taletted"A pause "Are you looking for a volunteerforr such?"

"I will speak to Ashlee's mentor, also... but... perhaps."

A nod

"And some research to see if it's not a wild goose chase. But a quest could help assuage Da'an."

"I think normally I would say some trolls deal with this and are fine..but it does not always come to them as children. "

She nods. "And... it is different for girls."

"We would not condemn one questing for strength or knowledge - there is a cruel standard which would punish a child for wishing to look as her peers." A stubborn look.

"I suppose I wouldn't know" he admits "Men arre often seen as intriguing with a scar. A double standard "

She nods.

"And I would not wish too much beauty on any - it is a curse in a different way. A woman's appearance is fraught, and girls are not spared. The world is cruel in that way."

"Yes... it is a difficult..."

A sigh.

PEpper storms in "Holy shit.. the Roves they.. they have folks... kithain, and kinain... some mortals enchaned.. they .."

"Pepper? What's happened?" She rises, wings half-mantling.

"They.. they brought us aghani, all girls...women..."

Morthwyl blinks "This could be seenn as a risk to the right of ignorance, the mortals I mean"

"Screw ignorance. We'll figure it out. Call the thanes, let's help them!"

And so they get to work...it's not a large number, but they are here, and they are safe

Safer to have the mortals enchanted, to have the mists cloud later....

But yes. Baths and beds, food and clothes.

Much to do, but all of it worth doing

(End Scene)