"I will be looking forward to it," Cecily replied to Shad, in response to the notion of a hot bath.
When the group stopped by the crying woman, Cecily pulled her horse alongside Shad. She understood the feeling of sympathy towards the unfortunate person, but there are more pressing concerns at the moment. The noble opened her mouth to speak, but froze when Shad identified the woman as his mother. The figure did not look old enough to be Shad's mother, but Cecily knew better than to judge people by their appearances.
As Shad and Paige tried to comfort the woman, Cecily took a weary look around. It is not immediately clear why Shad's "mom" was out here instead of at her house. Perhaps there are bandits? Raiders from Lycia? The woman met her concerned eyes with Satsume's, who took her cue and kept a hand close to his weapon.
"As much as I would like to bask in this biting air, we do not have time to stand around; let her speak along the way," she said, mentally prodding Shad and Paige with the urgency of their travel. As she finished speaking, Cecily hoped that they did not interpret her choice of words as impatience in being outdoors much longer (as true as it may be). There was another concern regarding idling in the wilderness, after all.
With the latest and most bold Bernese raid likely to be over, the relations between Lycia and Bern are at its most tense since the era of King Zephiel. That tension could spill over into open conflict at any moment and ruin any chance of meeting a Bernese officer. The entourage simply cannot afford to waste time now.
When the group stopped by the crying woman, Cecily pulled her horse alongside Shad. She understood the feeling of sympathy towards the unfortunate person, but there are more pressing concerns at the moment. The noble opened her mouth to speak, but froze when Shad identified the woman as his mother. The figure did not look old enough to be Shad's mother, but Cecily knew better than to judge people by their appearances.
As Shad and Paige tried to comfort the woman, Cecily took a weary look around. It is not immediately clear why Shad's "mom" was out here instead of at her house. Perhaps there are bandits? Raiders from Lycia? The woman met her concerned eyes with Satsume's, who took her cue and kept a hand close to his weapon.
"As much as I would like to bask in this biting air, we do not have time to stand around; let her speak along the way," she said, mentally prodding Shad and Paige with the urgency of their travel. As she finished speaking, Cecily hoped that they did not interpret her choice of words as impatience in being outdoors much longer (as true as it may be). There was another concern regarding idling in the wilderness, after all.
With the latest and most bold Bernese raid likely to be over, the relations between Lycia and Bern are at its most tense since the era of King Zephiel. That tension could spill over into open conflict at any moment and ruin any chance of meeting a Bernese officer. The entourage simply cannot afford to waste time now.
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Insurrection - Lady Cecilia "Cecily" of Laus, third in line to the Laus marquessate