#rivervale_lodge

"We're all little people compared to you, Sir Cap'n. Do you get a squire now, too?" Munch munch munch.,

"Oh god no" Siv says before she thinks about it

Gerd gives Siv a LOOK

"I mean, I'm still too new to take one on as a knight" Siv clarifies "When I've been one as long as Dagmar has, MAYBE"

"But that could be LIFETIMES." He collapses over theatrically. "Who will help with your chores?"

"I have a boyfriend to bully" Siv says

Gerd says "Oh.. I need to text .. ah, pardon me. You guys eat"

Connor perks up. "Oh, who? Can I help! I can text now too. I know how to do it. I can show you!"

"And you shouldn't bully Jonas, he might turn into a bull and then sit in the doorway and you'd be STUCk and it would be all your fault." He offers sensibly to Siv.

"My boyfriend" Gerd says And ..vanishes into the kitchen with her phone

Connor's jaw drops, and then he gives a goofy grin. And yells, "HI GERD'S BOYFRIEND!" A blink. "Oh, that only works on calls." Huff. Disappointed.

"She's got a thing for a nocker fellow" Siv winks "you'll have to check him out later"

"Mr. Woodleg?" He tries to remember the boy's name. "He gave her a box."

"He did" She says

"Wudlig" She nods "Good memory"

Jack says "So.. Gerd's all girly girl now? Well, bound to happen" He says "I'm gonna go wilder one day and my brains will fall out cuza loooove"

"Maybe you can put corks or glue in your ears to keep the brains in?"

Siv looks at Jack "Yup. " Amusement "You'll be minding your own, then some girl will look your way and ask you to pass something. And you'll realize she has the most amazing eyes you ever really saw, and you'll try to pull back only to realize her face is wonderful too and.. infact..she looks lovely. Then she talks, oh and her voice is so sweet. And she's so nice... and your heart will begin to beat, faster, and faster..."

"I'll use the earplugs" Jack says taking Connor's suggestion

"Oh but it's not just her voice, it's how nice her hair smells..." Siv says

"I already feel that way...." He says, looking at the plate of bacon and sausage.

"And you will want to smell nice for her too!" Siv says "And each of you , you'll find you want to do something amazing for this other person. You'll want to bathe more often!"

"Never!" Jack protests

Sniffing at the plate... a happy sigh, and he snags another bite of bacon.

"You just gotta find a girl like Lilly who doesn't care if you stink." A grin, tail wagging.

"It's the thinking fellow you are, Connor" A grin from Siv

"Thinking or stinking?" Goofy grin!

"Oh more thinking than stinking I ssuspect because you have a big sister and a knight AND a Hearth who won't put up with too much stink"

"All three of them? I'd better get plenty more stink then, or they'll feel left out."

"Nope. I do not need a squire" Siv decides aloud

Connor doesn't look convinced. "Maybe Jonas can be your squire, then he has to listen to you."

"No, but he has been my warhouse"

A pleased memory at something