05.Dec.20, 02:19 AM
She smiled at the return he served, enjoying their verbal volley. In such a short time, Gangleri had become one of her favourite people. He was intelligent and witty which made for wonderful conversation and he peppered in enough compliments and flirtatious remarks that Quilriana had decided they were fairly genuine and left her feeling desirable still. She had never sought out such things but even a lowly barmaid enjoyed hearing them from time to time. “I’ll do you one better and bring the gloves for you. Untampered with even. Of course you would have to believe this isn’t a cover for another ruse. And yes, dear Bart would have some down time as a dragon would help us instead.”
She took another bite of the bun as she decided the bishop had had enough fun and reached out to move a new piece and clear the bold one off the board. “Any mark I ever made since returning here has gone to the well-being of my children or directly to the Whetstone to ensure we always had a roof above our heads. This is home, for better or worse, though I contemplated asking to work the kitchens at Fort Weyr a time or two.” With both kids now tightly attached to that specific Weyr, it had seemed to be the best decision but Quilriana also didn’t want to smother her babies who weren’t babies anymore. Nor did she want to make things too complicated for R’nya. She was his escape for a few hours from the hectic life in the Weyr and she liked what they had in her tiny room.
She took another bite of the bun as she decided the bishop had had enough fun and reached out to move a new piece and clear the bold one off the board. “Any mark I ever made since returning here has gone to the well-being of my children or directly to the Whetstone to ensure we always had a roof above our heads. This is home, for better or worse, though I contemplated asking to work the kitchens at Fort Weyr a time or two.” With both kids now tightly attached to that specific Weyr, it had seemed to be the best decision but Quilriana also didn’t want to smother her babies who weren’t babies anymore. Nor did she want to make things too complicated for R’nya. She was his escape for a few hours from the hectic life in the Weyr and she liked what they had in her tiny room.