#rivervale_lodge

"...Hey."

"They tell me you're okay" tove says

"Oh, yeah. One of the ants bit me, but it didn't really do more'n bruise..."

"Oh. " A swallow, "Thank the gods. I kind of want to hug you now" what is it with the adults in her life being so grabby lately?

She worried line appears between her eyebrows. "Why?"

"Because I was worried. You could have been killed, and now you're okay, and a hero too I don't even know how to..." Tove babbles a bit/A cold nose , Racer's, pokes at the back of Dagmar's knee to say hello./Torin chuckles "You gave us a bit of a scare, though I imagine it was a bigger one for you warriors at the time. So, when do I hear the story so I can write a saga up?"

"It wasn't that scary. It was pretty fast, you know? You don't have time to be scared in a fight, you just gotta move and keep moving. It's after that's worse... hey Racer, yes, hey..." Pets!

Wagging tail on the old dog./Tove takes a hug, well a one armed one "I don't know whether to fuss at you or offer you food"

"You ever feel kinda sick after a fight?"

"Once or twice" Tove said/ "I threw up after my first big skirmish" Torin said/ Jaymes shrugs

"Yeah, okay." She shoves her hands into her pockets and shrugs. "I didn't expect it to be like... so fast, I guess."

"Rowr" from the kitchen

"Does Odin need dinner?"

"He's not eating for some reason, or ..at least he wasn't," Tove says surprised. " i was worried he was sick."

"Sick?! I wanna go see him..." and the teen is off.

Odin drops the floor of kitchen as she comes in, and swats at her foot, just a bit of claw "rrew??"

"What were you up to, Mr. Crabby?" she checks his food and water, adding as necessary.

Looks like the food was untouched mostly, but she refreshes it because.. you know, it might need a shuffling? water is good. Odin leaps up to it now, rubs against her , almost affecitionate after that semi scratch, and then starts eating

And he would meoew about that but his mowf id full

"Silly cat." She pats his head, and looks out - back at the adults.

Stroke not pat, silly two legger but... okay

Tove is in the kithen door way "NOW he eats? he wouldn't touch it ealrier. Of all the contrary creatures"

"Maybe he wasn't hungry?"

"Maybe he thought I dropped the ball in looking after you" Jaymes grunts "Or maybe he just missed you. Not that he'd admit it." Jaymes has twobit licking his face

"I guess i should ask if any of you are hungry?" Tove says

"Yes please!" A momentary look at Jaymes. He doesn't seem mad...

"Pancakes okay?" Tove says "I have some sausages also made"

Jaymes seems to have his mood lifted by Twobit, and he sets the dog down.

"You make the best pancakes."

Tove smiles a bit "Bisquick helps, but thank you" She gets to it

Jaymes says "Dagmar... the others are still working on the grounding ideas. I.. think I'm supposed to ground you as well. thing is, pennons is soon, and I thought you'd want to watch that nad it seems counter productive to teach you about fae society and have you miss such a big part of it. So... I'm going to give you some extra chores around here instead of keeping you from that."

Dagmar shifts her weight uneasily. "Okay..."

"I'll work on the reward part later" he grunts

"well, maybe celebration is a better term"

She frowns. "Just chores?"

"I'm not sure yet" Jaymes says "I try to make choices when i'm ..... level headed. I don't want the worry and conceern I felt to bias me unfairly. You scared me some, Dagmar. And not telling me? I know you worry I would have said no- and I would have, but still. But for now, extra chores and I'll think on the rest."

"Well, I figured you thought it was your duty to protect me..."

"So, I mean, you and the trio, you wouldn't even consider putting any of us at risk, right?"

"Probably not" he says "Like I said, i'm waiting till I'm level headed"

"...You're mad?"

"And proud, but mostly confused" Desptie his admission, his facial expressions are a minimum. A bit of a cipher.

Another frown and a fidget.

"But..when I think about it, I'm mad because I was scared for you. I don't like being scared. It frightens me" Straight faced. /Tove actually fights a smile at that and turns her face as she cooks. But whether she doesn't want to offend Jaymes, Dagmar, or both is hard to say// "And I was scared," J aymes says "Because I care about you. You're my ... you're a great kid. You're an important part of my life."

She chews on a hangnail. "You're not... you still want to, I mean, when I'm sained.. it... "

"... I mean, the Bug Guy's gone..."

"So, I mean, you don't have to..."

"Of course I sitll want to. " He says perplexed "I want you to be my daughter, I already see you that way. I can't suddenly turrn that off just because some nutbar sluagh trying to kill you is dealt with."

"Hearts don't work that way, Dagmar... you want me to mix in some strawberry into the batter?" tove offers

"But I mean you don't... it's not like it's a duty..."

"Not with him gone. It's just... me, I guess."