[Wild Roses] Sun Queen

[named_by_rhyme]

Title: bait
'Verse/characters: Wild Roses; Phoebe, Ulysse
Prompt: 93D "iron"
Word Count: 530 670
Notes: So way back in the day, the illian asked if the lady mage queen had ever had to teach or tutor anyone.

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Comments

[taennyn]

Ian was not nearly this ridiculously tall, dammit!

[billradish]

I love how Phoebe thinks. Also,

Her husband's brother may suspect, but her husband's brother suspects many things he never sets out to prove, and speaks of fewer when he's angry at Aifiric, too.

and,

And oh, that's a Sabaey smile, for all his dark hair and olive-wood skin, as he leans forward, hands uncurling to lie along his legs, and says "Do that again?"

And the comparison that Ariahnrod's glares were MUCH more impressive than Ulysse's. *grin*

[taennyn]

It's kind of interesting, getting to know Iarlaith through others' eyes.

*laughs!* Well. Hissy bebe!leRoux vs sullen bebe!Manannan . . .

[coastal_physics]

:)

<5's this

[taennyn]

*snerk* Thanks. :)

[illian]

♥

Phoebe things rings around pretty much everyone else, doesn't she?

[taennyn]

She's really, really good at what she is, yeah. I've seen her surprised, and shocked, but not often. :)

[illian]

That should have been thinks.

I can only imagine it being stuff that there was no way to anticipate or predict (such as the Trick).

[taennyn]

She's had a lot of practice, over her career. (I can swear you can still see the young!professional!mage at times. :) )

She doesn't even have the comfort of it being something associated with Ian--it was Ian's wife who made all the subsequent Sabaeys so ridiculously tall. Rrrargh.