It might have been a while since Lystra met Riku and told Gawain about the boy who was trying to teach himself to fight. At any rate, she's thinking about them both right now, because she promised to introduce Riku to the knight, and really, she's just ridiculously excited about the whole thing ( Read more... )

Lystra's in a common room somewhere, sitting on the floor. Tyan's next to her, lying on his back on the rug, gurgling quite happily. Lystra, for once, doesn't share his enthusiasm. She is playing with him, reaching over to tickle him or press his nose every so often, but only absently. When she smiles, they're weak smiles without much behind them. ( Read more... )