News to share. (Tag Faramir [OTA, threads assumed to happen before one with Faramir])

[needsthumpin]

The Ribbon smelled of beef stew, and warm bread. Kerai put a pot of crocuses on the table, and fussed a little with it's placement, wanting deeply to honor the one who was coming.

She wiped her hands on a towel, and smiled at her own nerves. She went back into the main room, resolved to wait calmly for her visitor.

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[faramir_hurin]

Kerai wanted to see me, and now seems like a fine time. She said she had news, though she also said that she was well so I'm thinking it's good news. When I arrive at the Ribbon, it certainly seems welcoming (though it always does) and I do think it will be something good. Perhaps the stew could be for comfort, but the flowers are a little joy.

"I came as soon as I could, like my message said." She seems a bit nervous, but I don't know if good or bad. "You are looking well."

Not quite so thin as usual, not pinched.

[needsthumpin]

"I am well, thank you. You also look well, but that is not unusual." She smiled.

"I hope you still do after we eat. I made the food myself...except for the bread -- that is Mrs. Laura's."

[faramir_hurin]

"It smells very good," I say by way of compliment. "You're learning to cook, then. Is that why you have the healthy glow about you?"

I give a mock-stern look.

"I only mean that you look well-fed and... not exactly content. Your body is perhaps content." Like with Richard eating solid, healthy food and not protein waffles.

[needsthumpin]

"I have been working hard to eat well, according to the advice Dr. Huxtable gave me, and I will keep working at it, for the next seven months or so, to give the baby the best beginning I can."