05-14-2015, 09:54 PM
As a child you would wait, and watch from far away. But you always knew you'd be the one to work while they all play. She's late. She's always late these days, late to discover their arrival, late to greet them, late late late. Perhaps that was why she'd been so terrible with children in the past, because she knew, on some level, that actually trying to take care of them made her ineffective in her duties. And she is trying this time – for Covet, mostly, because it'd be terribly awkward if they wandered off a cliff and died or something. She makes it over to the two who come well after Eight has already joined them. She gives him a glance, knowing that he already knows, because he already knows, well, everything. She's almost surprised to see him; she doesn't presume to know where he's been (hasn't Camrynn taught her all she needs to know of the caprice of magicians?) but she's pretty damn glad to see him back. The Valley has been withering without him, and no one wants to see their home wither. She turns then to the two visitors, dipping her head in respect to them. The scent of the Chamber is clear, unmistakable, and she remembers that the two kingdoms are allied. Sizing them up quickly, she decides that even if they weren't allies, they're also not threats – the one boy is young, not even two years old, and his companion (bedecked with blood though she may be) doesn't have a warrior's bearing. In fact, she notes, the boy is closer to standing like a warrior than the woman. Go figure. "Welcome." she says, her tones flat. She knows she's not strictly necessary here, that with Eight in the mix it's more than covered. But perhaps as a point of personal pride, or perhaps just in the spirit of fairness (the Chamber has two, so should the Valley) she's staying. Never mind the fact that, unless one of those Chamberlings is hiding magic, Eight is worth 10 or 20 of any of them, easily. Don't weep for me LIBRETTEBecause this will be the labor of my love.
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Not sure why Librette felt that Evie needs to have two horses in this thread. BUT she did so here we are.