[PQ] Solid Foundations

What was worse than late? Late and not really invited? Probably. Did Vai care? Oh, absolutely not. It was difficult not to hear the commotion from just within the building, spacious as it was, and whilst it would have been easy to just walk by and ignore things... that wasn't Vai's way. "It sounds," she said quietly as she stepped in through the doorway, "that we could all do with leaving our ego at this door." A smirk flickered across her face, the witch cradling her considerable bump and finding a convenient place to sit where apparently there wasn't one before. Fuck standing when she felt like a whale. "I heard talk of a council? I'm glad someone is finally doing something. But Roana speaks true - for this to work there can be no Outlanders or Naturals. We are all of the same place now - whether either party likes it or not. Because for all of your anger," - here she glanced at Evie and Rory - "not everyone who was dropped here hit the ground running. Some begged for home, and would have gladly taken themselves out of your space." She sighed, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. "Even those eager to leave - maybe they are just desperate for a place to call their own? Because right now, from where everyone is standing, you have made it very clear that this place is taken." vervain well i'll rest my eyes and i'll let the earth breathe