#rivervale_lodge

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TXT: Okay, Olgar has promised to show me the route to Duluth. But he's not gonna escort. We don't need it.

TXT: It's just returning a lost dog to owner

Bilbo bounces ..well, he's KINDA of a dog

Close enough for texting on a mortal device!

Vali comes in , blinks as he sees Bilbo, "Well, that's new"

"I'm gonna get him home."

'oh, that's sweet of you" he offers a hand to BIlbo, who bounces to him and gets scritches "He's a friendly little cuss"

"He is! And smart."

"Do you know anything about Twin Ports?"

He ponders "Name sounds famiilar but I can't place it"

"It's pretty far."

"Where is it, do you know?"

"Duluth."

"OH... " he says "Only thing I know about Duluth is there's a Beaumayn Baron there, and that Frank's driven in the area."

"Oh yeah? Cool. Your house isn't that common. What's he like?"

"Baron ..what was his name again... Cyril , right, Baron Cyril. Older Grump I hear. like most Beuamayn he has a melancholy side, but overall a gentle soul. Rules with a soft touch and has commoner kiths about him he trusts."

"Do you know an Edrit?"

A pause, eyes suddenly widening at a thought.

"Sounds familiar but I don't remember any details and.." He notes the look "What?"

"Just.. nothing, really."

"Okay. You got me curious but I won't pry too much. You going to take Bilbo back alone?"

"I'm waiting for Sy."

"AH, well, I was going to offer to help but sounds like you got your co-pilot on this one. " Approving "Symon's solid"

She shrugs. "Symon's, like, my partner in crime."

"A regular Hadrian Blackwater and Royce Melbourne you two" A smile

"Who?"

"From a series novels called Riyara Revelations... Hadrian Blackwater is a swordsman and warrior, a bad ass but with a soft heart and good nature. He's a bit of an idealist despite being for hire. Royce melbourne is a thief, a cynical sneak with a dark past ... together, they form Riyara, which in ancient elven tongue means two. They look out for reach other even if they disagree on why they should take a job . Damn fun series. You two remind me a bit of them"

"Cool..."

"I think I can see it."

A pause. "If you had a vision about me, you wouldn't be allowed to tell, would you?"

"I would be somewhat constrained to tell you details" he says "sometimes telling makes it worse even when I want to " the Beaumayn says 'why do you ask?"

She shrugs.

"Just.. it's May. Already."

"Ah," he says "And suddenly everyone expects you to grow up, not as a wilder changeling, but as a mortal adult... make your choices, set your path, hope you made the right decision?"

She nods.

"I wish I'd had more time. Like... like how everyone got to be a kid you know?"

"I am sorry... you were robbed of your childhood even as a mortal, by the system, but indifference of folks aware of that system. Sam never got to be just a little girl, though god knows, I think Jaymes tried to give you all the love you missed as a father, and still does. Your mom too. But it doesn't change the fact the little girl IS gone. " He ponders "You have a right to your feelings, to your regrets. Just don't let regret over what you lost keep you from the discoveries of what's to be. You are loved NOW. You are amazing, and we have faith in you. Sam the young woman aka Dagmar the slightly older Wilder, is and is going to be amazing whatever she does... but yes , folks hope she's also happy and tackles as much of the world as her potential allows."

"It still feels like I just got Jaymes and Tove. Sylvi's already super grown up. So's Siv. Even Gerd, and I..." A scowl and a shrug. "I dunno."

"I think you'll find that a lot of friends are still with you if you ask" he says and notes the scowl "But yes, the lines sometimes get longer, and old friendships CAN seem to fade. It's hard for trolls. We like stability as a kith. Even our unseelie aren't that big on change. But folks aren't pushing you out, they're nuding you forward... and I hope you see the difference but it can be hard to see. " He shakes his head "You're going to be fine. Not a vision, a belief based on what I've seen you become, WHO I have seen you turn into. You'll have trouble, but you've got more back p than you think. Give a call if you feel in over your head. We'll be there. Course you may wish we'd shut up after a bit. You know what yakkers we trolls are" a slight smile

"Yeah..."

"I know... I know if I took a break, if I waited, I'd lose my chance."

"I know. I know how really lucky I am to be good at sports, that schools want me. In a year, they won't."

He listens

"And how can I blow my chance, because I'm... I dunno, behind?"

"Are you behind?" He says brows lifting

She studies her hands before looking up with a shrug. "I mean... yeah?"

"Sylvi's gone out, and done so much stuff and now she has a freehold. Siv's all grown up, she has adventures and her own apartment, and her ship..."

Mmmm ("You ain't no slouch, but go on")

"I mean, yeah. I do my patrols and everything..."