#earthrunes

"That is a good question. A nonsense?"

"A band, perhaps?" He laughs. "That works, too."

Gwen has departed "A nuisance of Nevers" can be heard

then she's gone

Bronte giggles "Nuisance"

"It's funny that there are so many terms for a group of dragons. Are they not usually solitary creatures?"

Zara selects a book. The indigo leather cover shimmers and swirls like the night sky, and the gilded stars glow.

Art has carefully replaced the previous books where they were each taken from, and reaches for this, eyes bright.

"LIzzardly loves company" Bronte observes

"A Treatise on the Celestial Orders of Heaven" by Baron Ajax ap Eiluned.

"Do you have many Eilunid here?"

"A few, this was once an Eiluned hold."

"Do holds change House Alignment often?"

"Not very - even more rarely in such a peaceful manner."

"But the heir was Fiona, and thus..."

"Ah." He looks thoughtful. "I do not know if Silverwolf has an heir. But our lord and lady are spry, and not likely to need one for many years."

He suddenly has a bit of a guilty look, like he should not have said anything.

Zara nods. "Such politics can be complicated."

"Now - can you see why this book is different?"

He runs a finger over the binding, and gets that look that some do when they focus, and are too transparent to hide it - kenning.

The book is a thing of pure glamour - totally chimerical!

"Oh! It's not real. I mean, no one will see it." He blinks, and GRINS. "It's safe from my brothers!"

"Dame Gladiola is vouching for you. But I know the trod trip is challenging for fledges."

"Therefore, you may borrow this... but understand, I shall be wroth if harm were to come to it."

He swallows, and carefully tucks the book into his bag. "If anything happens to this book, it will be because I was slain in defense of it, so you see, you needn't warn." A grin, and yet, his words are sincere.

Zara places a hand on her chest and dips her chin. "You are a reader. Yes."

Bronte approves "“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller"

He blushes a bit and grins at the Dragon. "It was a pleasure meeting a Bookwyrm. You have changed my preconceptions of what a dragon may be." A side glance at Zara as well, and it seems that perhaps he might say the same about her... but he of course does not say such a thing.

Bronte looks pleased at this praise "“But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea"

"Then I will read more about them, and come back to compare."

"Bronte is a wonder, aye. May you find what you seek, Arthur."

"I hope so." He says, fervently. "And I hope your book helps me figure out what that is."

A bow, and he is off, seeking the others!

Bronte watches him go and looks to Zara "“God save King Pendragon,
May his reign long drag on,
God save the King.
Send him most gorious,
Great and uproarious,
Horrible and hoarious,
God save our King.”
― T.H. White"

Meanwhile... Arthur finds Gwen and Thistle...

"Yes' miss. I'm a Piskie. Quick hands, hard work, or so we pride ourselves." Selena says "Would you like a hot coco ? It's fresh"

"Hey Art."

"Do we want Hot coco or not, Thistle? I don't want to be.." Gwen stops "Oh hey, Art. Sorry, I'll go sign for those books. I just need to find blossom"

"I don't need anything. Feels like we've been here for days."

Gwen winces at that comment and hopes Selena doesn't take offense "Nothing for us, thank you, we've already imposed enough on the fine hospitality here. Thank you"

Selena curtseys and moves off to other tasks.

"Now to find Blossom." She grumbles "Damn it. I forgot to ask the maid if she saw a kid centaur"

"Well, she's huge. How many places can she fit?"

"Some days I'm tempted to find out"

Gwen leads Arthur and Thistle along... only to find Blossom , who is searching the garden

"Blossom what are you doing?" She asks

"This pooka girl told me I'd NEVER catch the Hum Bull. I don't know any bull I can't find, they're big!" The Centaures says "I'll show her"

Thistle rolls her eyes.

"Yeah, you won't. C"mon, we gotta go home."

"Gotta sign the papers in the library. " Gwen says and looks at Thistle "Think you can keep these two from running off so we don't have to parade there again as a group?"