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Iobel writes to both parents with the news.
Kalars writes back; she has his utmost sympathy, but if she doesn't want a visit he doesn't need to be there for his own sake.
Raney doesn't write back; she just turns up the next day, dwarf caiman familiar tucked under her arm.
She wants to meet her son-in-law.
come_midnight
come_midnight
"There's - factors beyond the standard. Edarial has to be married to somebody, and whoever that is, is the queen, it's not entirely a personal matter. If there were a better somebody lined up I'd make way. There isn't. And we're working on being able to - cooperate."
royal_obligation
His majesty fidgets a little, releasing his brother from talking time-out. "Mind you, if she wanted to get a divorce, I wouldn't force her to stay," he assures.
kindestgarden
"I understand," says Raney. "...Do you know yet what the situation is going to be with, how do I put this - grandchildren?"
royal_pain
"There are," provides Zevros brightly, "alternate methods, anyway. I mean, I am surrounded by spellbinders - there are solutions."
come_midnight
"At some point it will need to be a topic of conversation. It has not yet been, it does not need to be any time very soon, and that's all that needs to be said about it over lunch, thank you Mom."
come_midnight
"The question isn't whether you made it that way, it's whether you can predict it before poking it with a stick."
kindestgarden
"It was my fault, I brought it up in the first place, I'm sorry. I just - I want to know how you're dealing, Iobel sweetheart."
come_midnight
"I'm safe, I'm emotionally stable, and some of the long-term details are waiting for better moments," says Iobel firmly.