After Carrying, which is after Any Port
No tour of Baram's house was complete without seeing three things: the bolt-hole in the basement, the hawthorn trees around three sides of the property, and a pile of children climbing up the furniture to greet you.
Pocket-Claws-Neska took in the bolt-hole with wide eyes and a small smile, especially when she saw the preparations the children had helped with. Baram wasn't sure child-sized riot shields were really adorable, but the kids liked them, and so did this small person.
She took in the hawthorn trees about the same way. "So, this Briar-Rose, she really is like you and the Spear."
Not, Baram noted, anything about him. She looked in fear at Via, not at him.
"Briar-Rose is like us. Maybe a little harder, maybe a little softer, but like us." Viatrix shrugged. "If you last long enough, you'll meet her. She's off right now."
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No tour of Baram's house was complete without seeing three things: the bolt-hole in the basement, the hawthorn trees around three sides of the property, and a pile of children climbing up the furniture to greet you.
Pocket-Claws-Neska took in the bolt-hole with wide eyes and a small smile, especially when she saw the preparations the children had helped with. Baram wasn't sure child-sized riot shields were really adorable, but the kids liked them, and so did this small person.
She took in the hawthorn trees about the same way. "So, this Briar-Rose, she really is like you and the Spear."
Not, Baram noted, anything about him. She looked in fear at Via, not at him.
"Briar-Rose is like us. Maybe a little harder, maybe a little softer, but like us." Viatrix shrugged. "If you last long enough, you'll meet her. She's off right now."
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