Sonia turns a brilliant grin on him, folding her hand over his. "Mm. I can't promise a full orchestra, but I think we can make some music, you and I." A slight smirk, a flash of the eyes...and heavy boots pounding on snow behind them.
"Princess!" A tall, thickset man in black and silver Vorbarra livery is running to cross the empty swath of snow between them, looking red-faced, a little breathless, and thoroughly exasperated. "Princess Sonia, you can't just -- "
Sonia jerks back away from Byerly, looking both aghast and frustrated. "Gavalas!" she splutters, sounding strangled. God dammit.
Her Armsman finally catches up close enough to them to slow to a walk, puffing a little, and when he fully notices Byerly he shoots her a scandalized look. "Princess Sonia," he says again, the name alone a weary reproach, followed up with the unspoken Again?
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Sonia turns a brilliant grin on him, folding her hand over his. "Mm. I can't promise a full orchestra, but I think we can make some music, you and I." A slight smirk, a flash of the eyes...and heavy boots pounding on snow behind them.
"Princess!" A tall, thickset man in black and silver Vorbarra livery is running to cross the empty swath of snow between them, looking red-faced, a little breathless, and thoroughly exasperated. "Princess Sonia, you can't just -- "
Sonia jerks back away from Byerly, looking both aghast and frustrated. "Gavalas!" she splutters, sounding strangled. God dammit.
Her Armsman finally catches up close enough to them to slow to a walk, puffing a little, and when he fully notices Byerly he shoots her a scandalized look. "Princess Sonia," he says again, the name alone a weary reproach, followed up with the unspoken Again?