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

[free_flowing]

Loel shrugs. "If it gets to the point where I can't do all my prime stuff and still wash my own clothes, then maybe I'll hire a servant. But I'd rather not."

[calescent]

"If you persist in not showing up at the palace, and particularly if you're willing to wash your clothes with magic, you can probably manage it a good long time."

[free_flowing]

"Of course I wash my clothes with magic, what else is magic for?"

[pyrophyte]

—Ekador laughs.

[calendarofcrime]

So does Sarelle.

[liakoura]

And Aleko.

[calescent]

"I hardly expected otherwise from you, but some primes have considered magic to be more of a special occasions thing."

[free_flowing]

"Nah. When I'm not busy with anything else I take walks on the bottom of my moat. Magic is too fun to save for special occasions."

[calescent]

"I agree completely."

[calendarofcrime]

"As do I," says Sarelle. "Even if it were possible for me to stop using magic all the time, I would not."

[pyrophyte]

"I haven't found that many casual applications for mine, besides making pretty things out of paper, but I'm not opposed to them."

[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.