User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-25808351-20180124030225/@comment-28358106-20180202024810

"Of course she is likeable.  She is the daughter of my Danthe," Tirush sniffs again. With an awkward but well-handled movement of her wing she manages to reach around behind the couch and put her arm around Thomas, her daggerlike talons gently stroking and preening his hair. It immediately is dishevelled, but if he minds, he doesn't show it.

"Hmm.  I'll need to clean that doe if I'm going to get it into cold storage in time," Regina says, setting down her cup and beginning to stand.

"No, no, love, it is still bleeding.  It will bleed a while yet.  It is hung properly.  Wait a short while, and sit.  Please, love," Tirush entreats, her golden eyes softening.

"Oh, well, all right.  If you say so, I trust you." Regina happily settles back down.

Marcus can see Aegis and Aurum still in the shadows of the far doorway, looking on with growing dismay at their parents' display of weirdness.

Adelhard, from his seat, can see Lucida begin to squirm ever so slightly. She glances up at him, seeming to signal that if he or Marcus wanted to interject, now would be a prime opportunity.