#fenixtj

Jess listens.

"I am if you say I am" Mr. Viggo points out "Much is relative. She's a bright girl, quite intelligent really, but very discouraged, almost fearful of letters and that complicates her condition. What she needs is to learn with senses engaged. Blocks with letters she can feel even as she moves them about, sound immersion accompany. It will not be easy, but then you wouldn't believe me if I told you it was. I can teach some of the others as well, obviously, thouggh I work best one on one so they can hear me."

"While I am a local of Tinjuana, I have studied Spanish and English all my life, and education with a focus on atypical challenges.. it started as morbid curiosity, but grew into genuine concern. My kith are often biblophiles, so you can imagine how invested I am in showing this young mind the joy of such things." A beat "Did you know young Ariel shows signs of ADHD? Nothing extreme, but there's patience required."

"Dame..... will you speak to Mr. Viggo and then myself? Mr Viggo, please consider yourself on probation, as a courtesy ?"

"But of course, " he says with a bow, "If I may say, I have already taken this chance to astern the nature of this hold, the character of those above the children and I am, meaning no patronizing, most impressed. These children are exceptional, even young Tex, an outlier, shows promise. Both of you ladies clearly are fond as well as supportive. If accepted, it will be an honor to bring my expertise.

"

And with that, he looks to Dame Aisling aka Ash "When you like, Dame?"

The Beaumayn looks at Jessica "Yes, I better interview him now I think. I'll return to you with my opinion after"

"Thank you." She nods.

Ash turns "Mister Viggo, " She gestures forward

He bows once more and goes off with her

There's play in the halls

And Jessica, more or less alone right now, can listen to it

Tex appears to want to play Kaiju eats the city.. with himself as the Kaiju. This has stirred Itzel into pretending she is constructing a Jager so she can stop him. The nocker seems to be reviving more quickly than some of her compatriots, or perhaps Tex, a bit of a bully of a boy, has a knack for provoking her 'prove brains are better than brawn' angle

Holger will likely keep both from getting too destructive

If Ellie is up, she might be fussing over Salma's hand.

Salma's hand has had TWO dunkings in tthe healing spa, but Fontaine can't deny the kids much and if the COuntess insists on a third hand dunk, so it shall be!

Eternia seems to be very comfortable around Fontaine though still daring to hope for her skin

And, of course, a certain Troubadour sings softly to her fellow Selkie and encourages her that all will be well

"We'll find it, for sure. And then we can go to the beach. The beach is so pretty, and we met a mer-boy once, and we can make sandcastles..."

"He was verrrry handsome" Ariel says

Eternia smiles weakly, looks at Neemu, then let's it go and says "mer can be kind of full of themselves I .. remember that. Very.. proud?"

"You remember right" Neema says with a smile gentle

"A little bit, yes." Says the sidhe.

Onyx stares at the water of the spa as it moves back and forth.

Salma's hand looks fine now, but she still can be caught rubbing it from time to time, with a frown.

Holger notes this, and moves to her hand and looks at it "Clearly, you must get new books to hold to help as a balm."

Ellie reaches for the pooka's hand.

"Ah, los siento. I'm fine. It is the others to worry about. I did not see one bookcase there. Not even a dictionary." She gives Ellie's hand a squeeze and says softly. "It doesn't hurt, honest. It just remembers it." And she looks at the new kids with concern, knowing how much deeper they were thrust into that world that she only got the slightest brush with.

"But..."

Tex roars in the hall, Itzel makes boom peew sounds

Ahpuch whispers "I did not think El Bandito would be good for anyone," meaning Tex "But perhaps no one is worthless" A beat "Perhaps"

"Do you like Adler, Ahpuch? Can two sluagh get along?"

"We can be territorial, but also look out for each other," A face "Mister Viggo maybe staying. How am I supposed to have sole dominion over the lands of death and shadow if it is so crowded? I perhaps I will take a special lair of my own? The scariest layer?" He uses both words as if he expects them to understand the switch

"Well, you will be the oldest. You have seniority, so dibs."

"Well no, Mister Viggo is a grump" he sighs

Adler whispers "I don't want to take anyhing from you, Ahpuch. You remain lord of the dead."

Ahpuch looks surprised "You do not wish to be lord of the lands of the dead?"

"I am in debt to Mr. Viggo."

"He made a map to the school."

"I have been to a place where death would have been a release. " Adler says as if it explains it then he nods to Ellie "Si, Contessa, I too must repay him"

"Were..." She stops.

"Were what?"

Ariel asks

"Were the other four fae, too?"

Adler says "I think we all were. it's not your faul"

"...oh." She is quiet again, holding Dolly tight.

In a turnabout, after fussing for much of the day over the new kids, now Salma is the one snoozing with her head perhaps on Ellie's lap.

She makes sure Salma has a dolly to hug, too. Very important, that.

It may not have been important to Salma, but it seems important to Ellie, which means, now it is to her too...