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Earl fills Zara in, "So Clem wants to know if you want to interogate anyone they capture"

"I... dislike direct interrogation."

"I don't think she means torture, but chicanery to confuse them make them think they're among friends or so on... still shady, but beats thumbscrews"

"I have no chicanery."

"Now.. to watch the interrogation? Mayhaps."

"I think they'll have Emmit do it" He says "Watch it, unnoticed. Mmm I'll let her know you want to sit in without folks knowing your sitting in."

"Emmitt is very skilled, yes."

"One day I think you might surpass even him" Proudly

"At the moment, I am just striving to be able to Sain."

"Reweaving... ideal, yes... but.."

"The slope gets stepper the higher you go" he says, quoting someone, probably the Mountain

"Aye. But this is vital - not for me, but for others."

"Because the nobles shouldn't hold our very naming rituals, our attempt to get the wheel rolling, hostage."

"The whole reason I began these studies."

Earl takes her hand and kisses it, "A Witch will rarely be contained for long"

"Many have tried." A smile.

"And failed. Now for me? I find the only way to gain a witch in your life is to be so amazingly obtuse that she can't help but stop and stare at you in fascination. If you are lucky, After a time, she decides you simply cannot be trusted to your own devices."

His eyes sparkle

A soft snort and she pokes his side.

a wolfish grin "It worked for me, what can I say. And you, my love, have a weakness for the odd stray"

"I?"

"Ah, yes. You"

"Nayyyyy."

"I speak sooth," And he kisses her.

"Mmph"

Is kissed. Kisses back!

Well, this retaliation will be met with escalation, with hand on waist. Take that.

Spidery hands slide beneath his shirt - cold!

Delighted shiver.

And a nuzzle along her earlobe

"yuck" A soft voice says

Oh, time for a noisy kiss!

Earl starts to balk when he thought he heard a whisper but Zara takes his lips with gusto..and he responds, either because he gets the plan, or perhaps because his victorian valentine can stir him as no other can. He kisses back, just as noisily .

"gah" were it not for the sluagh curse, Jake's disgust would be louder "they're gonna catch a diesase, and nothing cool like the black death.. yuck.." sounds of soft retreat

Zara breaks away to dissolve into giggles.

A snerk from Earl, "he gone?" Soft whisper

"Yup!" Pleased.

She is picked up by the waist and pulled up to Earl's chest, before he sets an arm for her to sit on, allowing her to be like a raven on a tree limb. "you are so much fun."

"Well, he deserves it." With fondness.

"He does. And it's good training for him I imagine? Sluagh lessons?"

"I suppose..."

"He's got good instincts."

"He does."

Then a sly look, "He's gone for real now though mm? Probably at least for an hour?"

"Well, in the house most likely..." Sigh.

"mmm...yes. I think it would be worth a little dross?"

Eyebrow

A kiss, "How would you like to visit the troll room in Firnost tonight?"

She smiles. "Oh, that is a delightful idea."

"Even if I do feel rather like the incredible shrinking woman in it..."