His singing trailed off slowly as Isla approached and he grinned at her in welcome before offering a gallant bow to the duchess of the infirmary. Tired he might be, but seeing his friend revitalized him a little, and eased a little of the heartache of the morning's confrontation. "And good evening to you!" He grinned up at the tree, then turned his gaze back to the lovely blonde with a theatrical gesture of elegant fingers. "This tree? It's merely outshone by you, my friend!" He winked, offering his arm and leading the way beneath the branches of the trees, further into the forest.
"But if you'll walk with me a ways, I'll take you to the curious place I found. But while we walk, please, tell me how you've been?" His free hand still held the charm, but for once his confidence faltered as he tried to find an opening to present it. "Any exciting new patients in the infirmary? Or adventures outside it?"
"But if you'll walk with me a ways, I'll take you to the curious place I found. But while we walk, please, tell me how you've been?" His free hand still held the charm, but for once his confidence faltered as he tried to find an opening to present it. "Any exciting new patients in the infirmary? Or adventures outside it?"
