#scarsdale

Earl IS a bit curious, "So...they stood up for you, I was right about that?"

"They were most concerned about me."

A nod "like I said, told you" but he smiles "it's sweet of them. WERE you offended, truly?"

"I was amused."

"Perhaps I should try one of those outfits for a.... private audience."

It's nice to see that Earl can still be made to blush in his cheeks, even as his eyes also alight with interest

"As pleases you" He manages

Her lips quirk, pleased.

a soft mutter only a sluagh can hear "we already know it would please me, moonlight in my night"

She looks rather like a cat, smiling without smiling.

And his gaze is caught in her visage, until he gives a happy sigh before forcing himself to other thoughts "Sidhe can be a frustrating folk, but I'm glad to know August and Coradel"

"Aye. Truly, I do not mind - in summer, perhaps, aye - but in my winter cloak? Though that does not mean I shan't have my fun with the instigators."

"Sounds like Coradel may have done your job for you" Amused "But there's the sledge hammer, and there's the scalpel"

"Oh, and Shalimar is a good sport."

"He is.." A nod "And he'd never hurt a book"

"Mind you, he might make fake copies with blanks and watch Bronte snarl a bit... but I think he learned his lesson there too"

"I am very protective of Bronte. Myself, I can laugh at a bit."

"Oh Bronte has her own humor. I think she actually misses squire Cathir's 'hunts'"

"Oh, agreed."

"She's gotten really good at spreading her shadow so she looks much larger" He smiles then "mm then again, we're not sure at what age she grows. She may be due for another growth spurt. "

"She has grown quite a bit from her babyhood."

"Remember when she could fit in the palm of a hand?"

"Aye." A soft smile. "I am glad she is not yet too big to alight upon my shoulder."

"Sunrise, sunset" A wink

He says "I have dreams where she's actually big enough we can fly on HER shoulders. I think it happened, on a quest"

"That... aye, that sounds correct."

"We should quest there again sometime"

"I do enjoy those quests..."

"I was thinking of being selfish and questing for some paintings I left behind in past expeditions"

"The... the house!"

"house?" A blink

"Of paintings?"

"Oh, what a strange notion..."

"I.. wait, I.." His brow knits "There was something like that, wasn't there?"

"It's so difficult, a'times."

A nod 'It is, but once we get in deep enough the memories should return. Mmm this could be very interesting"

"Is there aught else you seek?"

"Paintings I left behind, if they should be shared with the world or... with my friends" A smile "Beyond that, I'm not so sure. It was a notion, and I'm not adverse to other ideas"

"Mmm."

He gets up, and makes her some tea, well, the tea is made, her mom saw to that, but he does refresh her cup

He's gotten proper training in the serving of same

"You were saying 'mmm'?" He inquires

"Well, intentions shape the quest."

A nod "True.. Da'an is your area of expertise not mine'

"So. I, of course, wish knowledge. And magic. And secrets."

A smile "Then we can hunt for that"