I found my foundation changed by your patience
Kiada's harried entrance is far from an insult, and Evie is merely glad that nothing worse had been given a chance to happen to the young woman between the skyport and their front door. "Of course," she replies genially to Kiada's gratitude for being hosted, "I'm just glad to finally meet you. Deimos has told me so much about you." Which Evie knows can be a daunting thing to hear about yourself, so she hopes Kiada trusts Deimos to only be positive in his recounting of tales and memories.
Ru's arrival prompts another smile and a brief, chaste hug. They'd had shops on the same street in the Grounds, and though they aren't exactly bosom buddies, Evie knows her far better than Kiada. Though hopefully the evening would begin to change that.
Grateful for the opening her beloved provides her, Evie tilts her head toward the archway of the open door that leads from the kitchen into the depths of the house. "Absolutely! I can show you around now - if you're warm enough, Kiada?" She doesn't want to risk removing the Ancient from the fire too soon, so she only leads them onward if the young woman consents, ready to show off the guest room (plain, of course) and then the library (far more interesting) at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor. She stands back to allow them to wander about and investigate, smiling proudly from the doorway. "We realized we had far too many books for the downstairs bookshelves, so we decided on a library almost immediately when we started planning the remodel." As well as a room to perhaps someday become a nursery, and changing the master bedroom - but Evie doesn't think such big revelations are the best topic for the evening. "Though it does tempt us into taking work home a little too often sometimes." Whether guild business or Warden duties, the large table in the library was often covered with documents and files. Actually she's rather mortified to realize it still is.
Ru's arrival prompts another smile and a brief, chaste hug. They'd had shops on the same street in the Grounds, and though they aren't exactly bosom buddies, Evie knows her far better than Kiada. Though hopefully the evening would begin to change that.
Grateful for the opening her beloved provides her, Evie tilts her head toward the archway of the open door that leads from the kitchen into the depths of the house. "Absolutely! I can show you around now - if you're warm enough, Kiada?" She doesn't want to risk removing the Ancient from the fire too soon, so she only leads them onward if the young woman consents, ready to show off the guest room (plain, of course) and then the library (far more interesting) at the top of the stairs leading to the second floor. She stands back to allow them to wander about and investigate, smiling proudly from the doorway. "We realized we had far too many books for the downstairs bookshelves, so we decided on a library almost immediately when we started planning the remodel." As well as a room to perhaps someday become a nursery, and changing the master bedroom - but Evie doesn't think such big revelations are the best topic for the evening. "Though it does tempt us into taking work home a little too often sometimes." Whether guild business or Warden duties, the large table in the library was often covered with documents and files. Actually she's rather mortified to realize it still is.
No one has ever made me feel this safe, this free, this me
Evie
