Alternate Future thread: Pat and Metody 31 years on.
Very late in the reign of Imperatrix Aurelia Aristana, Pat of the Aristan Foundling Guard celebrated her last Lupercalia festival with a foreign guest, one who'd become a lot less foreign over the decades. She didn't dance quite as she used to, but it was still impressive for a woman of 51. She drank with her younger siblings-in-arms and gave the toast that 'It is sweet and proper to live for your country' with just as much gusto, if not more.
And after she and Metody watched the sun set on the Aristan shore, she insisted on walking him home.
And after she and Metody watched the sun set on the Aristan shore, she insisted on walking him home.