So Many Bees

Lia situated herself at the desk once the minder set it down in front of her completely, rolling her eyes at the man, This one is annoying and liked to hurry me through the books this morning, but I'll remember that for the book I'm currently annotating for you. I really do love that Malachai has in the library all these books, some of these are first editions though, so I hesitate to write in them. Even if she was fairly certain some of the text books wouldn't have been in his library if it hadn't been meant for her to make use of.

Do you not want her to worry, or do you want to outright lie to her? She asked gently, as she flipped open the cap of the ink well, and took up the pen, dipping it in the ink and letting the nib fill slowly as she added the same at the bottom, "As dictated to one Miss Jolfy", and then posed the pen, ready to start. I only ask because that's not.. it's not always cheerful to make someone not worry, to pretend things are okay, sometimes it require creative truth telling, and sometimes it can be better just to stick to fact as they are, and let the reader decide if it's okay or not, even if you mean for it to be read as okay. Or so I find, but truth be told I'm not the best person to take advice from. I fall asleep over my work and wake up with ink on my face, stained there for days sometimes. And that was before I was observing a mourning period.

She liked how the shackles were gone, that was better, she liked that she was down to the one minder, even if hers today was being especially cross with her. Normally her own tail stuck to the shadows, out of sight, and allowed her to wander and explore as she saw fit, only moving to steer her away from places she shouldn't be before vanishing back into the corner of her vision again. Or is she overbearing and you're relieved for the vacation from her, even if it really isn't the best of circumstances? Is she a rather horrid person, your wife?

@Novella Tilani