[...oh dear. She's really distracting hahalsdkjflk But she does have a point, and so he is silent for a moment. And really, it's a moment too long. It should not take him any sort of notable pause to remember who he set in charge for the early evening. His memory really is fading, much as he hates to be reminded of it. Glances out the window to the falling light, knowing in a sort of instinctive way what time it is and--]
[Oh right. That impatient yellowblood girl. The one who had been vying for a command position for so long. He never would have given it to her - she does not have the temperament for command - but their forces have dwindled rather uncomfortably low in the past few perigees. A few bad decisions maybe. Or, more probably, there is a snitch somewhere in his ranks. The Empress has just been too well prepared for them lately for him to suspect anything else]
[Frowns slightly at the thought, before letting his attention return to his matesprit, turning just enough to kiss the corner of her jaw. He keeps his own worrying out of his voice surprisingly well]
You know I always have time for a good schoolfeeding. [Hopefully....... He knows the girl will not come get him until she's decided someone's being a problem which, he can only hope, will not happen until midnight at least]
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[Oh right. That impatient yellowblood girl. The one who had been vying for a command position for so long. He never would have given it to her - she does not have the temperament for command - but their forces have dwindled rather uncomfortably low in the past few perigees. A few bad decisions maybe. Or, more probably, there is a snitch somewhere in his ranks. The Empress has just been too well prepared for them lately for him to suspect anything else]
[Frowns slightly at the thought, before letting his attention return to his matesprit, turning just enough to kiss the corner of her jaw. He keeps his own worrying out of his voice surprisingly well]
You know I always have time for a good schoolfeeding. [Hopefully....... He knows the girl will not come get him until she's decided someone's being a problem which, he can only hope, will not happen until midnight at least]