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[cozen]

WHO: Bastien + Byerly & Gwenaëlle; Redvers + Barrow
WHAT: Working hard or hardly working
WHEN: Winter/Spring 9:50
WHERE: Various
NOTES: Catch-all for a war table mission + some jobs. Eternally available to plan additional things! Just hit me up.

CONTENTS
I. Byerly & Bastien deal with an Antivan problem (and take a detour).
II. Gwenaëlle & Bastien escort a Chantry Mother.
III. Barrow & Redvers fetch jellied pigs feet.

Comments

[bouchonne]

"Growl," Byerly contributes helpfully.

He finds that - painfully, with the ache of a stiff knee being unbent - he loves Amani. He loves her for the easy way she talks about the boy he liked, teasing and warm. He loves her for big-toothed smile. It is always difficult, finding a new person in your heart, because they hurt when they slot in there.

And it hurts to think of Bastien living a life without her. Who might Bastien have been, if he'd always had this nosy, loving, teasing sister beside him? Less hurt, to be sure. Less scarred. Maybe less willing to pretend. But Byerly, selfishly, knows that this is the Bastien who loves him, and so in some ways, he is grateful for Bastien's sisterlessness.

Still. Distracted though he is by the ache, he still does hear that warning. And so he scratches his cheek and asks in bard-sign: Are you lying? A neglectful mother, worse than she was, doesn't sound like a recipe for being fine.