"You're quite welcome. Indeed, I'll be twenty-two." And then Inessa pauses and shrugs, a little sheepish. "Outside whatever Ciri will inevitably spring upon me, I doubt it. Events have kept me from making headway with my project this past month, but now I want to push forward once more. Besides, the day after First Day is usually one for nursing hangovers, is it not?" A wry smile surfaces. That's the 'trouble' of having a birthday directly afterward, when the larger holiday is over and most are in recovery-mode. She doesn't seem excessively bothered by that fact, though; a quiet birthday suits her just fine.
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