#oooooogghh elibelords...

[sunncutter]

@pheraemarquess, cont from here

It was him, it was really - !

The sentiment seemed shared, and Lyn could not help but laugh, pushing the weight of her sopping wet braid over one shoulder. "I suppose it is more of a surprise to find someone like me in a place like this, after everything, isn't it?"

If anything, this was the sort of place that Eliwood belonged - a noble in pursuit of knightly ideals, learning leadership and the granular functions of tactics and politics from those in the same position as he. Future kings, queens, and those for whom the weight of rule was not quite so burdensome…

Her nose scrunched slightly as she stood, extending a hand to tug him up alongside her before wringing out the portions of her skirt which had seen the most of the ocean's waves in their tumble down. "But here we are. I…don't think that Caelin would thrive under me, as I am now. Or if they would want to - or if I would choose to remain there. Better that Hector deal with all that - Ostia's better suited to provide for the territory, and it'll do him good, don't you think?"

And, she did not add, there was none other she could trust with something so precious as the home of her mother, her grandfather.

"But, oh, Eliwood, I'm so happy to see you! There are others here - Mark, you would delight to see our little tactician. Come," she added, slipping a star from her charm bracelet and clipping it to his own, fingers drifting to the anchor on his and thinking for a moment that there was not a charm better suited to him before plucking it and grinning widely, eyes flashing, before attaching it to her bracelet, relishing in the jingle it made. "We'll see how this compares with those fancy banquets so loved in Lycia."

made of light, and paperthin