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Cress shook her head, clearly unimpressed with Errune. "You can't really be good at Dragon's Hit." Her lips pursed as she studied Rune. Baron at least had the good sense to position himself inbetween the two and she rubbed under the hound's chin as she explained. "You simply throw down a coin...

"Alright, games it is then," that seemed like a fair punishment for ignoring her earlier. Though she did have some degree of mercy in her as the game she had in mind was a short walk, just around the corner, and it actually involved sitting. They entered the tent through a simple flap and...

”Hm?” A gloomy look overcame her as the vindictive side of Cressida wished to show Errune the same inconsiderate attitude he had. But, almost immediately, the decent part of her won out. ”Do you wish to sit? Take in the sights?” Rune had been on his feet most of the day so far. The exercise...

"I said," Cress started before stopping and furiously licking her chocolate ice cream in the same manner that Baron was consuming his on the ground. An eye twitched, a vein seemed to protrude from her forehead, and nearly every curse word in the Thanasis language streamed through her mind...

For Baron? So Rune truly was going to forsake everything, even ice cream. Just so he could be a miserable layabout in his study, reading and chronicling and taking no joy from life ever again. What Errune didn't realize, and what Cressida would likely never have the courage to tell him, was...

"They'll make the next census," a dismissive wave accompanied her off-handed statement, "besides if I get to see you and Baron again it'll be worth it." To her second point she bent down and rubbed the ever-loyal pooch behind his ears as the trio approached the ice cream stall. There were a...

"I think we can accommodate Baron's appetite," it was a good excuse for her to indulge in ice cream. Not to mention Errune, if there was one food no one could resist it had to be ice cream. They made their way towards the stall but en route Rune actually brought up a topic. A pleasant...

Cressida winced slightly but tried to recover from it. Still, Errune was perceptive enough that he likely saw her mask slip. How could it not though? He'd spoken the thing she already knew to be true and despite her best efforts the man before her was absolutely miserable. Not even Dragon...

"Very much so," she continued to slurp down noodles as she answered Rune, balancing her bowl in the socket of her elbow while grasping the handkerchief he produced in her now-freed hand. Dragon fire noodles were her favorite part of the festival day. Apparently the chiles were the hottest...

”Very well then,” she ran a finger behind Baron’s ear and rubbed at the section where his ear jutted out from his skull, ”more food for the two of us.” Once out in the fairgrounds they made their way to the vendor in question. As soon as they got within a few dozen paces the spice began to...

Their pace was quicker than she anticipated and Cressida nodded at the second piece of what Rune stated, ignoring his statement regarding his reluctance about the following year. ”Dragon fire noodles?” A spicy noodle dish that he’d likely be familiar with. ”Then we grab shaved iced?” The...

Cress had made it known to Errune, and anyone close to her, that she preferred the battlefield far more than she enjoyed any of the frill and pomp of noble customs. It was necessary for a member of her house to speak and act in a decorum appropriate for such an occasion but that did not mean...

Cress had spoken out of turn. It was why her family weren't known for being politically savvy nor were they financiers. They were simply the family who bred some of the most ferocious dragons in Thanasis. The family who had charged headlong into whichever fight the royal family had pointed...

Thankfully the queen was kind enough to offer them seating. She wasn't certain how much longer Errune could've kept standing and the question of catching him should he faint kept nagging at her conscious. Once seated though the conversation progressed. Cress positioning herself inbetween Rune...

The trek up the stairs had been hellish for her old mentor. On one occasion she wondered if she might actually have to carry the man to complete the climb, although she doubted Baron would've allowed such an insult to his master to occur. Once they'd arrived at the balcony though the view was...