Another rather quiet night at the pony. Egfor's friend fox gave me a sour look, I suppose it came from me still being in Bree. But it took a couple of days to prepare for our trip. Supplies to be bought, and the packing. I hate having to pack clothes, for they become wrinkled and that bothers me. Those who don't know me can call me vain, I care not, but after my years as a street urchin, I choose not to wear shoddy or wrinkled clothing. Another of my birds returned, but her mission did not come to an end. She has not located Jae's body. She came home to see if more leads had been found here.
The night progressed as most nights do, That is until Syllea came to show off her new dress. Egfor made a comment that it looked better than his dress. Now I know he has a dress, but I have never seen him in it. He ran off claiming to go and change but surely he didn't have it nearby. Sielria came over and I introduced her to Syllea. The two will come into contact at the estate while Sielria is in Bree. Naturally, both thought I was upset. Disappointed perhaps, I looked forward to our time alone away from the stress and responsibilities to friends and family and life in general. But like Fox, I knew an excuse would come up.
I told them nothing but changed the subject. I was deeply involved with Sielria when I heard Egfor came up. I began introductions before looking over to Egfor to properly introduce him. He sat next to me in a dress, in which he looked stunning. But he actually came into the common room in a dress. The absurdity caught me by surprise and my pent up emotions came out in the form of hysterical laughter. I could not stop, and had one of my people laughed like this I would have given them a hard slap to the face. It took me quite a while to gain control.
We went to my stash of Jae's things and Egfor picked an item out. He was going to try and get in touch with Jae. I did not think Jae's spirit would come so I said I wanted to watch. But Jae came to the summons. I could not stop the tears. They cascaded freely over my cheeks, the sobs coming from deep inside. It felt like I cried for hours in Jae/Egfor's arms. Maybe I did. I am so embarrassed I could not face him when I woke.
