"Oh! Did you know Lion King was based on Hamlet?"

"Yes? Do we have a Hamlet location? Auditorium or something?"

"Mmm, not auditorium, though that actually is a better fit now that I think about it..."

"Library?"

"Yyyup!"

"All right," says Isabella, clipping Sadde's leash on, "let's go see what you left me at the library."

Sadde beams and thanks the choir people and waves them goodbye and follows after Isabella.

(There's another awwww at that from them.)

And what is at the library?

A book! A very fancy book! The complete works of Shakespeare is the fancy book. Well, it's a fancy version of it. And inside it, two tickets to watch Shakespeare's Dream Eclipse in two weeks.

"Aww, pet," says Isabella, and Sadde gets more kisses. "I love you."

Eeeee kisses! Sadde returns them all and giggles. "I love you too. I take it you like the presents?"

"Yes I do. Although the cactus will probably have to wear its sombrero only on special occasions because otherwise it won't get as much sun as it wants."

"Yes, fair enough, I just thought it was really cute."

"Completely adorable. Just like you." Smooch.

Smooch! "Thank you. I was all worried about what I'd give you for your birthday. I liked my solution."

"It's a good solution."

Eeeee! Approval from her dom is about one of the best things. Eeeeeeeeee. She will be here looking at Isabella like she would've made a better job at creating the world.

And Isabella will drag her out of the library and to her room for library-inappropriate activities.

Sadde will try to make sure all of Isabella's desires are satisfied, it's her birthday.

...not that she doesn't do that normally already, but today is her birthday so that somehow makes it different.

It is thoroughly appreciated.

But the following day, like she promised her father, she has to go """""""""home""""""""".

She wakes up wanting none of that.

And Isabella will hold her and pet her and go with her to the train station and kiss her goodbye - and tell her to keep herself safe and come back to her in good condition.

And she will try to be reassured and remember that she has the best dom in the world and has every reason to come back whole not to mention they have tickets to go see a play together and also she hasn't met Brian yet, she should, so she'll come back.

She boards the train, quiet and subdued.

Isabella waves. And goes home herself.

As before, Sadde's incommunicado for the duration of the break.

Her train back is supposed to arrive a week later, at 5PM.