#earthrunes

"And Papa is a fine shield for the rest of us."

"No troll could do better.. no offense to trolls" Tziporah adds, "But he takes hurricane hannah with love in his eyes and holds like a cliffside taking the brunt. Even the UNCLES scoot when Mama's sick to the point of forgetting her manners."

"And lest one forget she has as much nocker blood as boggan... woof."

"It's the reason the wall paper in one room got changed last time she got sick. Her dressing down peeled it off." Tziporah declared.

"THAT sweet woman ?" The Pooka's antanie arches "Art thouh sure you two are not pranking a pook?"

"Wouldst I?"

"twoud be unseemly true" THe pooka agrees

"We love her, of course, so we still do what we have to. Why Zara came in one year when she had a fever, and gave Hannah her own soup. Dad took the brunt but there was Shrapnel" The Eshu assures "SO yes, it's really that way."

A small quirk of a smile. Tzip might exaggerate, just a little.

The pooka finds this a bit 'sus' but lets it slide. "Then I salute Aaron, the knight unknighted, the paramour with more." She raises her tea cup "he and his lady the hurricane"

"Ill drink to that" Tziporah nods and sips her own glass.

Zara lifts her teacup.

Of course, Vashti DOES challenge Zara to a match, and gives a much better game. Tziporah, distracted from hunting down earl to interrogate him, tries to learn some of the more intricate moves. All in all, a pleasant eve!

(Fade to Chess and tea!)