The transition from no friends to several who showered her with kindness was rather overwhelming. This was not supposed to be about her, yet her attempt to shift the focus was turned on it's head and thrown back with such casual delight that she couldn't bring herself to complain. It always seemed habitual, the way they tried to include and encourage... And whether international or not, it did make her chest ache with unusual warmth.
"It appears I will be very busy for the forseeable future" the petite girl remarked, face colored with a blush of quiet happiness over both invitations to learn. "I hope you will let me invite you both for dinner once the farm is back in order... and the others in the Guild too if they want to come. The place has grown so quiet lately... I think I would enjoy seeing it full of life and people again." What she really wanted was to repay them for the kindness, But feared it might only induce more of it... and she wasn't sure she could take much more of the stuff today.
Glancing over at Sam to see how far he had come, only to find him done and approaching, Maea moved out of the way and went to see just how damaged the glass was in the pane. Finding it cracked and beyond her skill to fix, she leaned över to test the durability of it with careful fingers. The fractured pane gave way easily, loosened by the lack of dirt and debris to hold it in place, and to her chagrin a piece came loose and fell into the room beyond, with a crash of shattering glass as it landed on something hard within.
"Oh no.. I'm sorry!" she grimaced. "I'll clean that up, promise! But... I think these need replacing."
"It appears I will be very busy for the forseeable future" the petite girl remarked, face colored with a blush of quiet happiness over both invitations to learn. "I hope you will let me invite you both for dinner once the farm is back in order... and the others in the Guild too if they want to come. The place has grown so quiet lately... I think I would enjoy seeing it full of life and people again." What she really wanted was to repay them for the kindness, But feared it might only induce more of it... and she wasn't sure she could take much more of the stuff today.
Glancing over at Sam to see how far he had come, only to find him done and approaching, Maea moved out of the way and went to see just how damaged the glass was in the pane. Finding it cracked and beyond her skill to fix, she leaned över to test the durability of it with careful fingers. The fractured pane gave way easily, loosened by the lack of dirt and debris to hold it in place, and to her chagrin a piece came loose and fell into the room beyond, with a crash of shattering glass as it landed on something hard within.
"Oh no.. I'm sorry!" she grimaced. "I'll clean that up, promise! But... I think these need replacing."
