#debukefarmhold

"....Gnomes?"

"Those must have been good mushrooms, back in the day."

"Cheeky little thing aren't you?" Brow

"I am, yes."

"And you would be sore terribly bored, were I not."

"Mmph" Fond look "I suppose that's true. "

"Naught but primal and spring and mayhaps a touch of wayfare.... save, oh, what was their name?"

"i'm not telling" A grin

A huff.

"We could work together! Practice!"

"Competition can spur excellence!"

"You'll be competing with me all too soon" He says with confidence.

"With you? Oh, not anytime soon..."

"Let's just say that I move in certain circles. I can see you in the same one day if you choose"

"...Circles..." A pause. "No, those are all sidhe, are they npt?"

A deep chuckle "no, they're not. Not even by half."

"...oh." A thoughtful look as she processes the idea.

"I'd tell you more, but half the fun is learning on your own." A wink "No pressure"

"Well, yes."

"Now... just because I'm not going with you doesn't mean I might not have a favor to ask you to do on the way. Later on I'll have a..shopping list of sorts . If you don't mind?"

"Well... shopping list?" head tilt. "That might depend."

"Depend on?"

"On what you would have me seek, nu?"

"I am not a troll. I am your student, surely..."

"You're not a troll?" Faux shock "No..I just thought you were taking the wrong vitamins"

She sticks out a black tongue at him. "If you are saying this trip to the library is some kind of renegotiation..."

"it isn't, doing it or not doing it is all up to you, my notes are in your hands regardless>"

She nods. "Alright."

"You're right though, need to remember you have your own ways"

"I am not adverse to helping you."

"Well, I hope not.. mm I'll get the list of options for you later if you like. For now? you have reading to do... oh, and Earl is painting by the Stream again. "

"My stream, or the one on the Farm?"

"Your stream?" A raised brow "you have another off the farm?"

"I do."

"Mmm now I'M curious"

A cat-smile.

"You wait, I shall find one in Poughkeepsie, too."

"I would not put money against it"

"Oh, the house shall be lovely. And I am working on a trod, at least, to Firnost..."

"Once you get to FIrnost, you can get anywhere"

"Exactly!"

"But becareful, anywhere can get to you"

"I've learned that well enough."

"Yes, I 've been fighting the urge to ask how you're doing or how you feel about being free of Paler. I figure everyone's ask that. You'll tell me if you want to talk about it. Just know I'm here if you need an ear."

"I... I am relieved, I guess."

A nod, and he starts to pour..tea? He has tea in here. A pot, some cups, sorely lacking by sluagh standards but still tea

"I have tried not to dwell on it."

"Then don't," he says getting a cup out "Could you grab that little purple tin? Counter. Should be ah..suitable for you."

He sets the tea, clumsily, but earnestly. He has been practicing. Learning!

She takes the tin. "I spent two years with it on my mind. Aye."