Vervain
"Smart. If there's anyone who has the gift of the gab with the people of Torchline, it's Zeph," Vai says with a grin. Her tone might be playful and joking, but she's serious about her faith in the dockhand's abilities. Sunjata could have done a lot worse for himself than choosing someone like Zeph to represent the bridge between Governor and people. Her smile fades a bit as he explains about the lanterns, her fingers very carefully dancing across one of them. She nods her understanding, wondering who she might make a lantern for this year. She has plenty of ideas in mind... but it's not worth getting sucked into those memories just now.
Raising her eyebrows to hear that he's not welcome at the Halenani, wondering whether he's done something unsavoury to the ladies and men who work there, it takes Vai a moment to remember that it's because Phoebe owns the place. "Ah, I see," she says through a light chuckle. "Well... perhaps if you catch him going in there, you can just holler at him from outside."
Raising her eyebrows to hear that he's not welcome at the Halenani, wondering whether he's done something unsavoury to the ladies and men who work there, it takes Vai a moment to remember that it's because Phoebe owns the place. "Ah, I see," she says through a light chuckle. "Well... perhaps if you catch him going in there, you can just holler at him from outside."
