okay but do we have to leave so soon

[liakoura]

The Ardelay twins loiter in the palace for a few days, then fall back to the Chialto house, in plenty of time to receive any prompt reply to the correspondence Kiri sent out when they arrived in the city.

Comments

[calescent]

"Yeah, you got the short stick in casual applications. You do make very pretty paper things, though."

[liakoura]

"...Impromptu paper tents for garden parties? Can you make it do colors, and if so can you use it to cheat at drawing?"

[pyrophyte]

"Colour," he says. "Interesting. Something to try, certainly."

[liakoura]

"Or, you know, not cheat at drawing, if you can draw. Can you draw?"

[pyrophyte]

"Not as well as I'd like."

[liakoura]

Eventually all of the fried rice is eaten, and primes (plus Aleko!) disperse to their various rooms for the night.