Volume XXXIII

[frumpyface]

[Private, easily hackable]
Lady Louise is here. Lady Louise is here. I... I don't know how I should feel about that. On the one hand, it quiets any worries I had about wondering if she was disturbed by my absence, but... but she's here. I may be happy here, but there's no reason someone like her should be dragged here. But then I would have been

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[rolands_heir]

Wha-- She's from Elibe?

[frumpyface]

Yes, she is. An Etrurian noble, to be precise.

[rolands_heir]

Etrurian noble?! What title?

[frumpyface]

Marchioness.

[rolands_heir]

So the same rank as I, then...

How do you know her?

[frumpyface]

Um. She's my, er, mother.

[rolands_heir]

Wait, what?!

...Er. Pardon me for saying so, but she appears rather...young to be your mother.

[frumpyface]

She's, ah, aged well. I guess?

[rolands_heir]

Forgive me for saying this, but I find that rather dubious. Is there some sort of circumstances I'm missing here?

[frumpyface]

Ah? Not to my knowledge. As far back as my memories go, she's been there as my mother.

[rolands_heir]

Still, you referred to her as "Lady Louise" first. That indicates to me there may be something else. Is it possible there's something you've not remembered?

[frumpyface]

It just feels natural to call her that. Just as I call my father Lord Pent.

[rolands_heir]

...Well, anyway, moving on. How much, if anything, have you told her?