#rivervale_lodge

"I mean, besides the Autumn Sidhe who are mostly scathach and Liam?"

"And some Fiona." gravely.

"Apparently."

"Oh, yeah" She nods

"The so-called Autumn Sidhe do appear to remember lives in this world after the Shattering took the rest of the Sidhe to the Dreaming. Lives, plural. I think there are questions there to be answered."

"I do wonder if some of those Autumn Sidhe were part of the Resurgence, as part of thier cycle."

"Would be amazing. I could get you in contact with Sir Magnus if you like" Siv says

"I mean, I know he must remember you. You were like his therapist" She adds

"Mm. He was confused about our relationship."

Siv says "If you want I'll act like it's not even remotely funny that he was. I can be a dutiful daughter"

Frank regards her quizically "It makes no difference to me, Siv. I think you should react honestly."

"I know, da," She does smile at that "But even if I think it was funny , it was also nice how you DID try to help him."

"Therapist?" Eulalie blinks having put stuff away

"A misunderstanding." Frank reiterates.

"Someone told Sir Magnus that Mountains were like psychologists" Siv explains with a bit of a smile

"Mm." affirming.

"Well, " the DeBuke arches a brow "that's just silly." Then she considers "Though Uncle Emmit does give good advice sometimes"

"He does." Frank agrees.

"He's a nice man. If the farm was closer to an ocean I'd visit it more" Siv nods

"If it was near an ocean wouldn't be as good for farming" Eulalie says

Frank turns a page.

"Well, yes, there's that" Siv admits then looks at her dad "We've lost him again to reading. zara would understand that"

"Mmm?" a questioning sound; he's not -completely - lost.

"Nothing, Sir" Eulalie says "We were just talking. You think.. you think some of the sidhe that tried to take the Farm back in the early days might return in new lives?"

Siv looks at her dad to see what he thinks of that

Siv might not get to find out, as Kerri emerges from the kitchen. "Siv? Can I see you in here for a second?"

"Sure" Siv goes in

When they're alone in the kitchen, Kerri asks, "First, is the soup staying down? Feel okay?"

"it is, and... though it almost didn't" she says "Sorry."

"No need for sorry. Siv..." A pause. "I know you've just had a brush with cold iron, and it's probably that, but I just want to ask...there's no chance you could be pregnant, is there?"

The troll blue screens

Staring at the wall

Kerri puts a hand on her shoulder. "I see the thought hadn't quite crossed your mind yet."

"Not even a smidge" She says "I.. I knew the cold iron wasn't in me. I'd be .. well, devoured by now if I was. "

"Yes. And I'm betting it's almost certainly an after-effect of that wound that's making the nausea linger."

"But...I'm thinking maybe we should check to be sure."

She's still staring at the wall, her mouth moving silently, counting days back then she blinks "Check? Yes. Yes i htink I need to ah.. yes. I'll get the ... don't tell anyone else about this? Not until I know if it's real or a false alarm?"

"I'm coming with you. Hang on a moment." She peeks out the door into the main hall. "Siv and I have to run an errand, back in a bit!" And before anybody has time to question, she's bustling Siv out the kitchen exit and around the Lodge to the car.

Siv moves with her smoothly, muttering "Dear gods of sea and land, I hope Jonas buys that"

"I'm the Hearth. I served it, so he better just take it."

In the car, on the way to a convenience store that ISN'T owned by a member of the King family.

Thankfully many options there.

Siv is muttering "I want to be a mother ... i think, but now, now is not a good time. "

"If I am, I'll have to... " she looks worried, she may not fear normally, but worry? yes. "i'll have to... need to ... I just hope Jonas forgives me if I need to abort. I..' A swallow "Shit."

Okay. NOW she's a bit scared. It involves a lover

Kerri parks, but doesn't get out of the car right away. She turns to Siv and puts a hand on hers. "Okay, first: babies have no sense of timing, so get the idea of planning things out of your head. Second: the decision is yours to make, and I will stand by you no matter what. I'm fairly certain Jonas will, too, but I'm not absolutely sure, so I won't pretend to be." A pause. "At some point I hope you can tell me why this is a particularly bad time."

"I... " A breath "Thanks, Aunt Kerri" She gives her a hug, and then goes into the store to snatch the test. She doesn't bother to wait for change as she pays in cash

Kerri had planned to go in with her, but Siv is on the march too quickly, so Kerri just keeps the car company.

And Siv returns with it, and with ... "I remembered we were going out for 'something' so I also grabbed some twizlers and some 2% milk"

"In addition to the test. I'll make an excuse for that when I get home"