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"He might volunteer, but he won't be the one to go," Thomas says, opening the doors. "Antoinette is the one who normally accompanies the girls into town.  She'll be the one to go with you."

They step back inside, and as they do, Adelhard can see that things are as they left them. Lucida perks up once they come inside, Thomas still talking.

"And trust me, if Tirush didn’t like you, you wouldn't be here.

"Have a nice chat, darling?" Regina sips her tea.

"Cut short.  Tirush had to go discipline Partha again." Thomas moves to sit beside her while Lucida gives Adelhard a clandestine smile.

Partha says nothing, but simply allows herself to be petted.

"Yes, this is true.  Partha is strong, and will grow to be much stronger, stronger than me even.  When she gains the Fire, it will be a great Fire.  This I do not doubt.  But there is one who is stronger than she, and smaller."

Tirush looks at Partha, not in a judgmental way, but reminiscing. "Little Thunderbolt.  Aegis is strong, and brave, and kind, when she has the mind for this.  She bested Partha in wing and claw, fought her, fought her as if the sunrise depended on it.  We do not speak of it now, for we love each other now, and this is good, yes?  But there was a time when they fought, and the stones would have spoken of no greater war.  How I wish to have seen it.  But no, I am content that my Partha is a brave, and she has little Thunderbolt to call big sister now."