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Jann is minding his own business. He is playing by himself in the courtyard with a wooden sword: this definitely constitutes minding his own business. Nothing that follows is his fault.
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abeance
"It's Reko, he's not going to tell anybody. ...Unless being a duke makes you officially a grownup all of a sudden."
seewhathappens
"I think it does," says Reko. "But it also means there's no one I have to tell things to if I don't want to."
"Good," says Milo firmly.
"Good," says Milo firmly.
abeance
The funeral proceeds funereally.
The Raxwell contingent goes home.
Jann develops a crush on the stable groom's daughter, who is four years older than him and thinks this is cute and gives him enough tidbits of attention that it's a long time in winding down. When it does wind down he promptly develops a crush on a village milkmaid, who doesn't think it's quite so cute; when he has wrested his attention away from her it is pretty clear that "Jann is fascinated by damsels" is going to be an ongoing theme.
Milo is entertained by Jann's girl problems for about a week. Then he is bored. Then he is exasperated. He doesn't see what's so interesting here.
abeance
"Well, they're - you know, damsels! I'm going to be a knight and you're already a prince, we are supposed to be interested in damsels. And rescue them from things and then kiss them, it's like a rule."
"You can if you want," snorts Milo. "I'd rather play chess than kiss girls."
abeance
"I should see if Alirra wants to play chess or something," says Jann dreamily, Alirra being the name of a baron's daughter who is Jann's current object of affection, about the same age, and willing to indulge him some of the time.
"If she beats you, tell me and maybe I'll play her too."
"I appreciate chess way more than you do!"
abeance
"Yeah, but I appreciate Alirra more than you do! You can play chess with your dad."
"If she only wants to play chess for weird reasons then fine, but if she likes it and she's good at it then I don't have to not play her just because she's a girl that you like."
abeance
"I mean, I guess, but if she's going to be over here I want to hang out with her," says Jann. "I like her. If anything carries her off I'm going to rescue her and then I will get to kiss her, she said if I rescue her from something for real I can have a kiss."
Milo makes a face. "Kissing is gross."
"Well, you can go kiss girls then. Maybe if you did it more you'd talk about it less," Milo says optimistically.
abeance
"Well, I haven't rescued Alirra from anything, not actually. And I don't really want something to carry her off, either," muses Jann. "If something did I'd rescue her but probably she wouldn't like it very much all together."
"Kiss a different girl," Milo suggests. "One with lower standards."
abeance
"I like Alirra right now. Maybe later I'll find a different girl I want to kiss who wants to kiss me."
"Or maybe you should tell Alirra that getting carried off by something isn't any fun and if she'd want to kiss you after you rescued her from something maybe she should just skip the bad part," says Milo thoughtfully.
"Yeah. Do that," says Milo.
abeance
"I will next time I see her." Nod, nod.
Alirra proves unmoved by this line of argument, alas. Jann moves on to someone who doesn't need to be argued into kissing him in due course. It doesn't really make him talk about it less.
Alirra proves unmoved by this line of argument, alas. Jann moves on to someone who doesn't need to be argued into kissing him in due course. It doesn't really make him talk about it less.