#rivervale_lodge

"Oh jeez!"

Nadeen shows her "See? Right there on the checks like a cherub"

"You sure you want to keep it?"

She clutches it to herself "of course I want to keep it. It's wonderful."

and truth

"Well, then.. well, okay."

"So, I tried to find out who sent the camera...."

"Did you learn who?" She asks curious

"No... the nocker was all "I'm worn to secrecy."

"Well, that's that" she says

"Who do you think would send such a wonderful gift?"

"You have a lot of folks who like you, Dagmar. Your parents love you, of course, and the Chief is glad to have you. Actually, anyone living in the lodge wants you happy and quite a few folks out."

"Yeah, but this is awful fancy... I mean, you don't have any idea?"

"If you don't have any idea what makes you think I would?" She shrugs elegantly

"Well, because you've been awful careful on not answering me..."

"What? My lips are moving..we're talking." True!

Eyebrow.

"Did you get me the camera?"

"Bert made it" she says

"He did."

"For hire." Brow furrow. "Why wouldn't you want to own up? It... I mean, I like it VERY much. It's too extravagant, of course..."

She sighs "Because you are so very seelie and will want to repay me and that will be so tedious...and defeat the point of a token of affection. Also, I had help and didn't want to betray them. ANNND... " A smirk "I rather enjoyed you having a good time but being confused. There, you nosy wonderful woman"

"Well, I do want to repay you, of course. But maybe it won't be in treasures..."

"Good because that defeats the point of a ardent admirer courting a bashful beloved in the-" Something catches on and.. yes SHE Blushes "Oh"

Blush!

"Don't think many folks would call me bashful..."

The sidhe makes motions to the cheek bones that are blushing "You sure about that?"

"They wouldn't! I'm a big brute of a... I mean.." Shrug.

"You're not a brute, you're a giantess guardian and you're wonderful" Firm look "And you are, if not bashful, beloved. So I will admire you, ardently. That's how it's done, Dagmar." Then she she adds, "Really, must sidhe teach the trolls everything?" okay. Humor in her eyes again

"With romance? Probably."

"mm well, you'll have to appease me just a bit"

"I shall try my best." Earnestly.

Then a smile "i'm glad you like the camera. When I realizzed you got signed up for that magazine but had no way of sending pictures of the horses, I just knew you needed one"

"But wait... you didn't do the magazine, too?"

"no, that's what inspired me to get tthe camera but no I didn't do the magazine"

"Hunh..."

"Now you're going to try to figure out who did that aren't you?" Brow

"Well, sure?"

"Wouldn't you?"

"I confess, I would" she says

"I'm grateful, too."

"You loving your camera is all the gratitude I need. As for the subscription. Who is most likely?" She ponders "They may not want to be found out"

"Well, somebody that knows horses, right?"

"or knows someone who knows horses" She points out "That expands it."

"Oof, yeah."

"I don't think it was Chief. That wouldn't be like her..."

"Not really ,no " She agrees "She's very straight forward.. closeist thing she'd do to sneaky would be saying 'I think this will make us better riders' or ssome such"

"Yeah..." Brow furrow.

"Not my parents, neither..."

"Nope. " She ponders "Kerri?"