#fenixtj

"Nice to meet you, Mister Tig!"

He fights a laugh "Nice to meet all of you too" And he waves

As she walks with the others. "Should we write for the gatacitas, too?"

"Of course" Ariel says "Santa has a cat you know?"

"Noooo. He does?"

"I've only had one Yule before. I have much to learn about Santa."

"Well, yeah, only that cat is Santa CLAWS" She makes a claw motion to show the spelling verbally

"Ohhhhh." She gets it, then giggles.

"Ariel....." a sigh.

It takes Salma a moment.

“Garras!”

She hooks a cat paw and giggles.

“Had anyone seen Ahpuch?”

Tig says looks at Jessica "I think theyh're good kids."

"They are. Ladies, Holger, if you see Ahpuch, tell him I'd like to see him?"

"We can!" She chimes.

"Thank you."

“I would like to see him too. But he is sneaky.”

“You cannot always.”

Holger nods, and goes to hunt down Ahpuch

And Ariel walks along "I know stories about Santa... some say he's Odin... not the cat... in a new job. OTHERS say he was a Christian Saint so good that the Dreaming plucked him up..."

"Oh, Ariel is an expert!"

A soft chuckle. "So.... that's them."

"I ought to bring the younger twins by sometime"

"Right...." she searches her memory "They are....?"

"Lucjan &  Lauge.. idential twin boys. Trolls. Good kids. But try to compete in who can do the most "

"Right. I could remember they started with L but...."

"It's okay. they're good kids. About ten or.. geez 11 I guess"

"Part of the idea behind the Tour was to introduce these three to the heirs at the other Freeholds. Start making friends. I need to follow up with that, send out some invitations."

"Well, we have a door RIGHT here. " he reminds "so hey, if you want.. I can parade a lot of RVErs here"

"Tig, I'm not sure anyone from RV would appreciate being paraded. Or being part of 'a lot'."

"I would word it differently" he promises

"Besides, people know where the door is. They'll visit when they like."

"They might be trying not to be a burden. You kings are funny that way"

"We can count on each other."

"Look, even Siv gets a bit head strong on doing things on her own. "

"I know." dry.

"It's one trait you and she have in common" he points out

He gets another Look.

"Please. You know darn well only Kerri can induce shame in me with that look. " A pause "Fear too, but the Chief can also do fear. Onl the Hearth hits the shame button. Can't TELL you how annoying that is. It's positively pavlovian"

"If she does it to you, you can be pretty sure you've earned it."

"I some times think Olgar is the only immune one. Maybe why she married him. She had to conquer him one way or another" a smile, then nervously "Don't tell her I said that"

"Yeah, you might not want to even -think- that." Jess advises. "Being on the wrong side of either of them would not be a pleasant place to be."

"I know I know... Olgar's patrolling closer and closer . So saving his energy for ass kicking "

"Don't give him a target." She suggests.

"you always got along with him better than Lut and I, but he's okay"

"I learned a lot from him."

"Yeah, you know he says he always thought you'd be a good rover"

And more talk... this time of Rovers, and roads not taken

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