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Iobel writes to both parents with the news.
Kalars writes back; she has his utmost sympathy, but if she doesn't want a visit he doesn't need to be there for his own sake.
Raney doesn't write back; she just turns up the next day, dwarf caiman familiar tucked under her arm.
She wants to meet her son-in-law.
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come_midnight
royal_obligation
"I will," promises Edarial softly, "do my very best to be good to her, as well."
royal_pain
Zevros observes this.
Maybe, just maybe, the two of them might get along after all.
Maybe, just maybe, the two of them might get along after all.
kindestgarden
"Cricket has always been one of the most devoted familiars I've ever seen. Mine and I get along splendidly but she has plenty of her own interests. Cricket is all about Iobel."
royal_obligation
"That's adorable," pronounces Edarial. "Berathyme isn't devoted, I would say, but she is quite loyal. She likes me."
come_midnight
"That's good. What's she like, anyway? I don't think I've heard her speak a word of Marlese that wasn't Zevros's obvious handiwork."
royal_obligation
Edarial snickers. "She's quite quiet. I've taught her some things in Marlese, but she doesn't tend to use them. Zevros's handiwork came up because it's been eventful and she's felt the urge to defend me. I would describe her as incredibly thoughtful, and patient. She sort of withholds opinions on most things and people until long after she's introduced, or after something drastic happens. She took a while to decide that she liked me, but once she did she hasn't wavered in it since."
royal_obligation
"No opinion, actually. She will let you know if that changes. Berathyme isn't very subtle."
come_midnight
"I imagine I'd get more information about Zevros's vocabulary if she decides she doesn't care for me, but what if she decides she does?"
royal_obligation
"She has yet to decide that she likes anyone but me," snickers Edarial. "But if it happens, you will probably get a snake that wants to cuddle you."
royal_obligation
"Though if you ask her if she wants to cuddle she'll deny it and say she doesn't like cuddling. She likes warmth. It just so happens that if someone she likes is warm she'll just - curl up on them." He looks at Berathyme. "All the time."
kindestgarden
"Well, Nimmen likes warmth too, but she doesn't cuddle, though she'll let me carry her. When she wants to warm up she goes out in the sun or curls up near the fire."
royal_obligation
"Berathyme does both of those, too, but - this way she doesn't have to move and can still understand what's going on."
come_midnight
"And Cricket has the fortune of being a mammal, although he does like to nap in patches of sun and he is quite snuggly, which he freely admits."
royal_obligation
Edarial nods. "Berathyme's also not usually this attached to me, it's only lately that she's felt the need to."
He doesn't expand on the why.
He doesn't expand on the why.
come_midnight
Iobel doesn't ask.
But she does say, "Cricket, either. Usually he's more independent."
But she does say, "Cricket, either. Usually he's more independent."
royal_obligation
He's pretty sure it's for similar reasons that Berathyme is constantly around his shoulders. Cricket's kidnapping and Iobel's marriage, and all. He nods.
royal_pain
"Your familiars make up the independent cuddlers squad who have decided to spend absurd amounts of time with their binders," says Zevros.
come_midnight
"So it would seem."
Cricket asks a question; she catches him up on the developments of the conversation; he snorts and snuggles up to her.
Cricket asks a question; she catches him up on the developments of the conversation; he snorts and snuggles up to her.