So Many Bees

Lia paused as the ribbon was passed, head tilted to the side, as her eyes looked vacant for a moment, skin to skin contact oft times triggered images in the woman, and this time was like many others, the image of the young woman swinging from a noose in a tree, obviously Minrathous architecture, the time of year, had to been close to now. Lia's fingers instinctively tried to curl around Ella's holding the contact longer, trying to capture as many details from that brief glimpse as she could before the contact was broken and a writing desk was brought to her.

She discretely cleared her throat as she looked around the garden, sighing heavily as she did, there didn't seem to be a tree like that in the gardens, so where could that tree be? I don't see any reason for them to be afraid of your father, unless of course, She trailed off some, letting the possibilities play out in her mind, one was that the woman was not a sister, but a child, that would be possible, of course. The second was that she was not in Malachai's actual home, that would be ... that could be a possibility, considering his position, that she now knew was quite powerful, and the third, would be something she'd have to focus more to figure out because they were pulling the woman backwards, and Lia frowned at it. Is that really necessary that you be that rough with her? She didn't like the woman being chained, and she didn't like how she was being man-handled either.

Thank you, it's about the only "lady's skill" I possess. I was running around with my brothers more often, getting scabbed knees and busted lips than practicing pianoforte and drawing and the likes. I grew up a as a piss poor servant in a noble house, which, turned out to be my father and brother's home in the end. They never really forced me to work. She chuckled a little as she picked up the pen and drew a piece of parchment over to write at the bottom that it was via dictation and whom did the dictating. I could, if you would like that. I did my dissertation on adjusting healing potions and poisons to be maximum efficacy for the age and weight of a patient or mark. I included the assassin trade in my paper because there's no sense in ignoring that it happens, and I'd rather make sure that if someone is going to kill someone, they use the dose that will bring about death the swiftest and most painless as possible, if an assassin decides to use that in their work. I'd love to get my hands on some of their recipes to study them. Lia realized, a little too late, that she hadn't felt like crying for almost ten minutes now. I'm Ophelia, by the by, I think.. I've seen your face before around Malchai, or... maybe .. at the party. This is your father's home? I don't see any tall older trees within the gardens.. is there a large oak nearby? She was certain the tree had been an oak, just recently having lost all it's leaves to head into the wintering months.

@Novella Tilani