Ask the Doc and his Family,
OR
Ask the Regent and her seneschal Asja! You have two choices!
In the house of the vast Cumbrian estate, I [[1]] sit in the front parlor with my wife and family, ready to receive guests. Regina [[2]] prepares some tea, cookies, and little pastries while the girls, Aegis, [[3]] Ferra, [[4]] Aurora, Lucida [[5]] and Aurum [[6]] chatter and tease each other excitedly, while the new little girl, Gemmi [[7]] squirms in her seat and tries to reach over and get a cookie.
But elsewhere...
Within the highest office of the Castle Wardenleigh, the Lady Regent Adelaide Grey [[8]] sits in her large office, writing in a ledger. Shafts of sunlight pierce through the slightly smoky air and there is little sound but the ticking of a large clock as Asja [[9]] waits nearby, ready to assist, her dour expression sizing up the new arrivals. Adelaide sets her quill down as she looks up to the first petitioner...