it is both a blessing and a curse, to feel everything so very deeply
She doesn't expect the way Sam tenses when he sees her, the way he seems to shy away. They have never been close, Amalia having followed in Evie's footsteps as a girl, but the baker had rather thought them at least friendly- or enough for a conversational exchange.
If the Ascended's tension wasn't enough to put her on edge, the question raises her hackles a little, defensive, her eyebrows drawing together as she worries her lower lip. As if she isn't just as much a denizen of this place than he- a little less these days, perhaps, but it is because she is trying, involved, engaged, keeping the place they've grown into alive.
What has the redhead been doing, besides hide here among the books?
"Yes," she replies without thinking, closing her tome with a bit of a snap. "I took over the Loreseekers, when Jigano was in danger of being arrested. To protect it. And him." And what did you do to help with that? "Now that he's King, I doubt he has time to be Provost again, but I have the bakery to tend to. Would you be willing to take on some of the responsibilities? If you're not too busy, of course."
If the Ascended's tension wasn't enough to put her on edge, the question raises her hackles a little, defensive, her eyebrows drawing together as she worries her lower lip. As if she isn't just as much a denizen of this place than he- a little less these days, perhaps, but it is because she is trying, involved, engaged, keeping the place they've grown into alive.
What has the redhead been doing, besides hide here among the books?
"Yes," she replies without thinking, closing her tome with a bit of a snap. "I took over the Loreseekers, when Jigano was in danger of being arrested. To protect it. And him." And what did you do to help with that? "Now that he's King, I doubt he has time to be Provost again, but I have the bakery to tend to. Would you be willing to take on some of the responsibilities? If you're not too busy, of course."
