#elsewhere

"Perchance to dream?" She wonders

"Aye. What did you dream of, darling?"

"I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving" She yawns

1122 taps can I tell her? playful. Troublemaker

Zara makes a face at him.

1122 looks MILDLY contrite.

One of the numbered ladies offers to bite him. Only Zara knows which one

Zara does give the offer due consideration.

Bronte wakes fully, and flutters down "Good Morning!" said Bilbo, and he meant it."

"Good morning, darling." Scritches and nuzzles.

Oh she cooes and enjoys

Then little dragons' eyes lock on to a part of the library, in record time

Zara drifts to check the ledger, seeing what books are currently out... walking away from the nook.

Bronte however, swoops towards it "Oddsbodkins!"

"Bronte..."

“Books make great gifts because they have whole worlds inside of them. And it's much cheaper to buy somebody a book than it is to buy them the whole world!”
― Neil Gaiman" Bronte bounces and seeing the book , Zara's book, begins to do a snoopy dance around it and before it!

Zara pinks.

Indeed, Bronte seems to be almost glowing with glamour and pride “I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women!"

And she flutters from book to Writer to book again "You unlocked the door"

"I... Bronte, I..."

"How did you know?"

A brow "I know you, if I were blind I would know you" then a lick

"I... you... it... you may read it, of course, if you wish..."

ZOOM... a streak, and Bronte reads. Delight shimmering on every ink touched scale.

Zara fusses a little, then distracts herself with tea. She is a thing of feathers.

The bookwyrm observes and reads, excited and sniffing... and sorting

sometimes her delicate tongue touches the pages

but it never stains

Bookwyrms are made for such

Zara tries not to watch, to try to gauge Bronte's reaction - to see if the little dragon is enjoying the book, is she bored? confused?

Zara tries not to watch....

but.. some part of her wants to know

Sidelong look, trying to be subtle.

sounds not unlike someone enjoying a midnight snack

little mmms of pleasure, and smacking of ..well, maybe book wyrms don't have lips, but it sounds similar

Fretful fingers. Oh, maybe she can knit!

Oh no commentary.. no quotes to give clue... just soft sounds

No, she can't knit!

So distracted is she, she almost doesn't hear the footsteps

...Almost?

Earl..

He peeks in "Hello.. how is.." And notices his lady is wound into knots "Everything?"

"Ah. Ah... fine, aye..."

Earl's eyes move from Zara, to the dragon, to the book she is reading, then back to Zara again "Would you like to go somewhere else for a time? Tea in the garret?"

She bites on.. well, gums her lip and shakes her head.

"Tea here?" He changes

Then Bronte makes an 'Oh" sound.

Was that a good Oh? Bad oh? Is she at the big reveal already? One of the romantic scenes?

Alert, a-tremble.

"Perhaps knitting gear?" Earl is a troll. They eventually get there, it just takes them a bit