Sleep, and I Shall Soothe You

phoebe Sleep and I shall soothe you, calm you, and annoint you Phoebe had of course seen the notice. Phoebe had of course seen the new laws. Phoebe had of course seen the upset it caused everyone. But...she just couldn't bring herself to be that upset. A leader wasn't a bad thing. And in fact, she thought a lot of the rules made sense. Sure, some where a bit oppressive but...to be so bold as to just claim power like that, maybe they needed to be for a time. So she decided to spend her day inside, avoiding the angry whispers that flooded the streets. Such anger was pointless. What could be done about it? Zariah was powerful. No one could really stand up to her. Instead, the best course seemed to ride it out, and see how things played out. And that's just what she would do. She set a fruit pie in the oven to bake, her apron and tip of her nose dusty with flour, hair piled a top her head in a messy bun. Pim was practicing flying, jumping from the back of the couch and gliding to the floor. All the while she focused on happy thoughts, deciding to sing a little song she knew from her childhood. Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog The bog down in the valley-o Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog The bog down in the valley-o In that bog there was a tree A rare tree, a rattlin' tree The tree in the bog In the bog down in the valley-o Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog The bog down in the valley-o Ho, ro, the rattlin' bog The bog down in the valley-o And on that tree there was a limb A rare limb, a rattlin' limb The limb on the tree and the tree in the bog In the bog down in the valley-o