#earthrunes

Earl's emotions go from hopeful, to worried, to concerned

"Oh, August, that's fine, I'm just teasing you. I'll miss you...and I'll have to make sure you get a fine welcome home." A mischievous grin.

Another shy smile. "You know I'll miss you and look forward to coming home. Ah. We might, ah, we might make some time to talk."

A confused expression.

A smile. "Oh, yes. I like our conversations." Then she glances at Earl and gives a brief little laugh before whispering, "I've seen you make that look."

Still off-balance, he looks as she does, to Earl, then back to her. "What look?"

Earl wavers into deep concern, then confusion, then resolutness

"The I-haven't-a-clue-what-I-did-wrong-but-I-have-to-fix-it look," Coradel whispers back.

"Ah." With the tone of a man who suddenly realizes why he can't see the forest for the trees.

"Ah, indeed," she teases, and kisses his cheek.

Earl seems to have dubious look at something, then shakes his head at whatever thought it was, quells it, and types something else.

"Well......." A look back at Earl.

(August wants to help)

"Yes. That look. Exactly." she pokes him.

He jerks at the poke and looks back. "Well.... what's wrong with that?"

"Wanting to help is fine. Fretting about not being able to help causes problems."

Earl looks over as if realizing the others are still here, "Sorry, didn't mean to be rude"

"No, Earl, it's ok. How... is... I mean... are.... do..... how.... "

"We run it with her or without her, wouldn't be fair, but I thinnk Zara's TRYING to tell me something so I'm going to listen until I understand" He sighs and takes a seat.

Coradel sighs. "August, he forgot we were here, clearly he doesn't need our help. You have your shift, so go." She makes a shoo-ing motion at him.

"August, I say this as a friend: I'll keep you posted, scram" A smile a bit weak but sincere and fond.

August nods uncertainly. "You're right, Earl. We do with or with.... without her." RELUCTANTLY "I wish I could go to her... but...." He looks at both of them, struggling. He bows his head, nods. "Okay. Thanks." And heads off.

"Honestly, the two of you. If you'd just claimed that it was something I'd cooked up and put the blame in my lap, she'd be cranky with me and you two could be heroes." She rolls her eyes.

Earl looks at Coradel "She'd curse your hair to fall out, Baroness. ANd that would be a loss to the color crimson"

Coradel is charmed by the compliment and gives Earl a bit of a curtsy. "She'd undo it, eventually. And I might look quite stunning, bald."

"To be fair, if anyone could pull it off." he concedes, "But other ladies of the court couldn't so for their protection. I think I'll just try to be honest with my girl"

"Yes, by all means, we see how well that's working." It's not meant to be mean, just arch, and she sighs the sigh of somebody giving up on a lost cause. "Carry on."

"Think how bored you ladies would be without men in your lives to force improvisation?" he types away, a smile at something

"And the same in return now that I think of it" he mutters to himself

He looks baffled..types, waits... looks ready to facepalm "Of course that's where she was.." Atyping.. a waiting.. then he looks up "By love that is intended, let our parting be suspended"

and woosh.. he flashes out

Coradel blinks. "Well...yes, by all means, Earl, don't mind us, do what you need to do, travel well, and so on."