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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Dec 22, 2018 15:10:19 GMT
“Well do you have any suggestions on that notion?” he inquired, seeing no reason to press the matter at the current juncture. “I do so value your opinion.”
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Dec 22, 2018 15:14:51 GMT
Helaena's coal-coloured eyes seemed to focus on something in the distance for a moment before she realized Aeradar had asked her a question. "Sorry, which notion?" she asked, looking back to him with a kind smile.
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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Dec 22, 2018 15:22:06 GMT
“Finding a suitable wife. You have been here a few months and gotten the lay of the land. I am curious to get your thoughts,” he explained patiently, well accustomed to his sister drifting out of focus. “Are you alright?”
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Dec 22, 2018 15:31:29 GMT
"Yes, just thinking," she replied, and thought some more. "I don't know. To be honest, I haven't really given it much thought, finding a suitable wife," she said, a corner of her mouth pulling up into a smirk that faded shortly after. "You could marry any eligible woman in this city."
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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Dec 22, 2018 19:34:19 GMT
"But not any eligible woman will do," he replied,mirroring her smirk, holding it as her own faded. "But your point is well taken."
Aeradar laid his head back on the cushions as the palanquin continued along, content to leave his sister to her thoughts if she had nothing further to add.
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Dec 30, 2018 18:58:15 GMT
Hel looked at Aeradar as if she didn't quite understand. "My point?" she asked.
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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Jan 1, 2019 23:15:27 GMT
"That, as usual, it is as simple as deciding what it is I want and taking it," he mused, now the one looking out the panlanquin's window, as if the answer was out there. "I must admit, as Aelyx was paired up with our older brother from an early age, I always assumed they had the same inclinations concerning you and I. I suspected your arrival and my widowing were not mere coincidence." He cleared his throat, the discussion of his widowing not a commonly broached topic for him.
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Jan 3, 2019 21:25:22 GMT
Helaena studied Aeradar for a time after he'd spoken. "They'll never marry," she said, her face quite blank and betraying nothing. She kept her gaze on him to meet his eyes when he inevitably had to look back to her. "What was she like?" she asked.
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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Jan 3, 2019 22:43:59 GMT
"First they'd have to be on the same continent for more than a minute," Aeradar quipped, knowing that was unlikely with his middle sister's wanderlust. "But what makes you so certain?" he pressed, turning his gaze curiously, sighing when he found her own eyes waiting expectantly. "Don't change the subject," he chided, with a hint of desperation, his psyche wanting to avoid the question she posed. "Getting a straight answer from you is like squeezing water from a stone. Do you know that?"
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Jan 4, 2019 8:34:24 GMT
"He said, dodging her question," said Helaena with a slight smile. "But I suppose it is a conversation for another time, for when you're ready. As for our siblings, well... If they were to get married, they would have done it by now. I don't know if mother and father had the same plan for us."
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Post by Lord Aeradar Caltarys on Jan 10, 2019 5:37:03 GMT
"Well I suppose that is a conversation for another time as well, when you are ready," Aeradar mirrored, content to table the matter for the moment. "Best to make our own plans, forge our own path in this new world. Have you given any thought to the mark you would like to leave here?"
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Post by Helaena Caltarys on Jan 24, 2019 14:37:28 GMT
"Yes," she replied, offering him an enigmatic smile and a long moment of silence before growing thoughtful again. "How much do you know about this... city?" she asked.
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