#rivervale_lodge

And soon, the trays of tribute are sent up

Well, sent back to the room where Olgar guards

Olgar thanks him for the grub and take the food.

A salute to Gerd. "Good work, soldier. Your Marquis is pleased." A pause. "I suppose you should get your boxes moved?"

A look at him, "You're sure about this?"

A long moment of thinking, then he reaches up and pats her on the cheek. "If you spend more time away, then when you're back, I get first dibs. And I already have ideas about adventures we can have."

"A cunning plan, Marquis Howlington the First" She says

A wag of his tail. "But not everything, you can leave some stuff for when you visit. And I'll start planning the menus now."

"I think that's possible" she says

And spending extra attention to him, she decides to leave somethings here. If will help her little brother feel better, so be it.

.....................

Mountain Frank may feel like he gets overlooked sometimes. His daughters both seem very busy, not new for Jessica, but Siv? Well, she's stretched so thin she waves to her dad and is off again a lot. Hearth Kerri's sickness has other wilders in a rush to fill in the gap, finally with the return of Sally Mae that's been taken care of.

But when Gerd seeks him out, it may come as out of the blue.

(So to speak)

He nods, wiping his hands clean on a rag. "Gerd."

"Mountain? Sorry to bother you" She says after taking time to screw up her courage, "I..wanted your advice on something. Actually, I wanted Hearth Kerri's advice but as she's got the plague so to speak..." She looks around to make sure they are currently puppy free.