Mother has come out from her room ( Read more... )

Today is the first birthday of Jareth and Amadeo's daughter, Aisling, and the occasion, though obviously a happy one, has her daddy in a somewhat reflective mood.

He's come to the mansion in particular to seek out his mother, but any and all conversation is welcome.

She's a sad, pale woman and she has the look of someone far gone to illness. It doesn't help that her sudden appearance here amid the brightness of the mansion has sent her into a state of fearful agitation. Where is her family? Her home? Even the air and temperature is wrong, dreadfully wrong - where is the cold harshness of Kievan Rus' winter?! ( Read more... )