In one of the larger suites of the Mansion, there is a table. It's humbly set with an embroidered table cloth, and candleholders of bronze. There are paper garlands on the ceiling, and there is a Christmas tree in a corner. Sugar and Sophie don't have music playing - but they are both singing carols as they set the table.
Sugar opened her
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"Merry Christmas, Alex." She's smiling quietly, and is more subdued than usual, or perhaps more serene.
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"Merry Christmas, Nitya. Сhrystos rozhdayetsya. You look well."
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She's still quiet, subdued, if serene, yes.
Seeing Alex is a beautiful present.
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She comes to him with a smile, welcoming and open. "Well, Aaron. It's been a while."
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He's met everyone in it... except the boys, and Guinevere, who is sitting at the window in silence. She doesn't know anyone - she wandered in, and Sophie tugged her in, with a bit of coaxing from Robin and Niko, but her mind is elsewhere, tonight.
She could use some Khary time.
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"Is this another party?" she asks timidly, as if the answer weren't obvious already.
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"My beautiful Princess. Please, come." He offers her his hand. "It is a small gathering, but you are welcome."
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