Arrow Lake clanging shields, companions tramping, bronze prows, men in bronze,

blodreina walks in quiet rumination as aure explains that the situation doesn't feel small to her either; not offering any more opinions on the pale sylph's relationship with her ( blodreina's ) uncle. she's only a third party observer ...and she isn't close with verx enough to say for sure that he didn't seem the type to 'settle down' even if he had kids. the wanlida has a suspicion, of course, but she doesn't dare give voice to it to aure. they are ...friends, blodreina thinks; and while the wanlida has always valued honesty ( brutal or not ) it is easy to see the emotional toll this has taken on the pale sylph. she has already said what she feels comfortable saying and the rest, well, the unlikely couple would either work out on their own ... or they wouldn't.

the conversation shifts to her and ingram and blodreina supposes it was only fair, considering. she isn't exactly sure how to answer — other than 'good' which seems lacking; but the truth is blodreina isn't sure what to consider them. a family, sure ...and maybe that's as simple as it needed to be. blodreina's in no hurry to rush her and ingram's budding relationship into any kind of box. good, the wanlida ends up answering simply anyway.