#scarsdale

An understanding nod. "So.. make certain he knows that you love him. It will be a balm."

"Or make him all the more confused on why... but yes. Gentle honesty if I can manage it" A nod "Thanks, Zara.I tell the grumps things, but a lot of times I get this sort of ... 'well, at your age' talk and so on and they mean well but you know how grandames and greybeards can be ... they might have done it, but they have years to act as a shield. I don't."

"Right? I think they forget what it is like."

"Feels that way.. and sometimes they were very different. Mum was so NOT like me at my age."

"Well, you are an exuberant troll..."

"Tell me about it., It's kind of like being a gregarious sluagh, no offense. All those controled resolved visages"

A sigh. "You see it, too? Aye. I am a social butterfly."

"You mentioned it to me once I believe. Me? I see you as quite dignified and elegant "

"Well, thank you."

"But put me next to Dagmar and Uncle Jaymes? I feel like I'm stuck between two statues!"

"Oh, oy. I can imagine. Trolls can be terse."

"It drives me nuts... an eyebrow twitches, one grunts, and they act like they're discussing the evening news"

"Maybe it's code?"

"It has to be, as far as I Know there are no telepathy cantrips"

"Treasures, though."

"I have heard of a matched set of silver circlets..."

"oo yeah that would..oh wait. They don't wear em" A pause "Actually, hard to picture either in jewelry"

"Perhaps a very high frequency, like bats."

"I Need to find some way to block those frequencies and see if it confuses them"

"Foil?"

"Perhaps molded in a dish shape " She nods somberly "If Jaymes wanders around in a daze I'll know we're onto something"

A raspy giggle.

a deeper chuckle

Then "Thank ye, Zara. I do feel better."

Zara smiles. "Good. And I am glad you made it safely home."

"Perhaps some time we could just go see a movie, nu?"

"I would have thought they'd be a bit loud for you?" She says "And crowded and..oh..listen to me, making assumptions."

"Well... they can be. But I mean, hang out without life or death on the menu."

"Well, earplugs or cotton balls?"

"That could help...."

"Well, tell you what? I think I actually have free time. You pick a movie? And I'll go"

"Alright! Like you horror films? There is a new one...."

"oh sure, though I like it with a bit of action mixed in"

"How do you feel about romance?"

Sheepish "Love it"

A touch pink. "Me too."

"Tell it not!"

She makes a crossing her heart motion

and smiles

"Come, let's see what is playing and make a plan!"

"Great... now I'm not too fussy about actors as long as they can do a good job, but if you find something where Dame Maggie smith is playing some sort of mentor role to a younger woman? I am a sucker"

"Ohhh... there is Downton..."

"Oh I haven't seen that yet? Have you?"

"Nay..."

"Well, let's check times" excited

And the pair of them are checking times and theatres - Tarrytown being halfway between them both...

And arrangements are made for driving and so on and...soon they are on their way

Should any talk too much during the movie..well, terorizing is a lesson for such cretins!

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