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"..Oh?" She's happened on the corner of camp plastered with Anna's signage.
"By naga, this is precisely the sort of thing.. Now, where could father be?"
@SnarkyFlier — things since far beyond the events of our time. Still, your elated expression is quite--.."
..Fetching, is what she'd nearly said.
"..Ah, reassuring. Perhaps there is merit to my parent's talk of bonding after all."
"Brady, today's queue for the infirmary looks especially long."
"Is there anything I can do? Supplies that you're short on? It has been some time since you've worked in a formal tent, and I want to enable your best work."
@physzicato
"The day of devotion soon approaches. I wonder.. will mother and father..?"
"Hehe. When I was younger, there were many a tale of Father's gestures for Stella on these occasions. Seeing them together now, I don't doubt that any of them were accurate accounts."
@SnarkyFlier — reminder just how long it had been since I last witnessed your being captivated by something."
"We'd gone without for so long.. Knowing that, I set about earning the coin."
"It was.. nice. There was something decidedly 'normal' about soliciting chores to purchase a gift."
@SnarkyFlier “Hmhm. Go on, You won’t know until you open it.”
In the moment Severa was seemingly overwhelmed by the gesture, Lucina’s week of raising the coin in the pursuit of something she’d typically deem frivolous felt worth it.
“Happy Birthday, Severa.”
@SnarkyFlier “Perish the thought. For you, and for the rest of our friends, I would never forget.”
“..Though, I’ll admit that I may have been anticipating yours,” Slowly, Lucina produces a slim ornate box.
It’s embroidery was likely familiar.
"Severa, busy though I may be, I hope you don't think I've forgotten just what day it is."
@SnarkyFlier 🎂✨
"Blasted, I'm still just over 100 pieces of gold short for what Severa seemed to want."
".... Yes, I suppose I can do without this."
"Pardon, sir? This wooden figure with a storied tactician's likeness.. how much would it fetch me?"
“Princess of Ylisse or no, I could hardly bring myself to ask for the coin to purchase it. Chores are likely off the table..”
“Ah? A bulletin board for help, is it?”
“I suppose these jobs may constitute as some form of practice. I wonder if the Shepherds would be averse?”