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Olivier opens the door into a pleasant spring day. The sun warms the first buds on the trees and the freshly tilled earth in the fields beyond smells rich and warm.
They are in the woods just beyond Athelstan and Ragnar's holding, stepping out of a circle of stones.
"I should have known it was a doorway." Olivier smiles. "Perhaps the ancients of this land knew the bar too."
Mary squeaks with delight as a butterfly passes them, wriggling in Athelstan's arms to be put down.
Olivier opens the door into a pleasant spring day. The sun warms the first buds on the trees and the freshly tilled earth in the fields beyond smells rich and warm.
They are in the woods just beyond Athelstan and Ragnar's holding, stepping out of a circle of stones.
"I should have known it was a doorway." Olivier smiles. "Perhaps the ancients of this land knew the bar too."
Mary squeaks with delight as a butterfly passes them, wriggling in Athelstan's arms to be put down.
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Date: 2016-07-26 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-26 09:00 pm (UTC)"If it can be relied on, it would be very useful", Athelstan agrees, setting Mary back on her feet to go and chase butterflies.
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Date: 2016-07-26 09:55 pm (UTC)[ooc: Maru jumped in out of turn! Does someone want to retag?]
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Date: 2016-07-26 09:51 pm (UTC)He watches his daughter toddle through the long grass, distracted from her butterfly hunting by wildflower that she picks and brings back to them. "Daddy! Mellowsweet!"
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Date: 2016-07-26 10:04 pm (UTC)He breathes in the fresh air, and smiles at the little girl.
"She already knows her plants!"
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Date: 2016-07-26 10:05 pm (UTC)"And by their proper names too", Athelstan agrees, with a proud smile for her. "She'll make a herbalist like her father."
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Date: 2016-07-27 07:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 06:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 06:39 pm (UTC)"It's the easiest time to learn new things, I think", Athelstan says with a nod. "Languages, facts, anything really."
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Date: 2016-07-28 08:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 08:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 09:01 pm (UTC)"And the sort of words any child will pick up, given half a chance, however hard you try."
He didn't, but his upbringing wasn't typical.
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:13 pm (UTC)As they turn the corner in the path, the farmhouse comes into view. Olivier has put a bit of working into suring up the shed roof and wood had been neatly stacked against one wall.
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 09:19 pm (UTC)"And wood ready for the burning when we need it", Athelstan says with a small smile.
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 09:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 09:27 pm (UTC)"Not any more. And one day, we'll be in her life all the time."
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:33 pm (UTC)Olivier has to twist to keep hold of her as she tries to launch herself at Athelstan.
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-07-28 09:44 pm (UTC)Athelstan had started forward to catch her, in case she falls, but his foot tangles in a tough bit of grass and he has to concentrate on catching himself instead.
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Date: 2016-07-28 09:50 pm (UTC)Prepare to be tickled, uncles!
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Date: 2016-07-28 10:07 pm (UTC)"Anybody in need of untangling?"
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Date: 2016-07-28 10:08 pm (UTC)Athelstan peers up at Mary.
"I think we've been claimed as a castle."
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