>>6063448meant to say 'siervo'
>>6062743“Maybe in a little while,” you reply with a weak sigh. You dry your tired eyes. You keep blinking a little too fast. You shouldn’t be so worn out by something like that — it happened six years before, and you have grown so much since then. And also, you still feel a little foolish crying your heart out before the same girl who always made snide comments in front of you. “Thank you… thank you for the meal. And for listening. I was not sure I could tell—”
“I can’t doubt you anymore,” Rubida interjects, coiling a finger around her black hair. “That fire in your eyes, the way you spoke about the mercantile scum — you belong in the Holy Land, in spirit if in nothing else,” she chuckles. “Maybe in more than spirit, in a few months. Your family will need to find an occupation once they are allowed in, you know that, don’t you? The land of Ansàrra is not a place where laziness is tolerated.”
“I— I never gave it much thought.”
“Not surprising, Candente,” she rolls her pretty blue eyes. “As the sun-Birther’s providence would have, though, my family has just been given control over a further area of land. I am sure your vintner skills would be appreciated.”
“Y-You would…!”
“That is if you pass the Trial, of course. And everything else— I will have to speak with my Father and, Candente? What are you—”
Screw it. You stand up, making the chair rake against the floor and pull Rubida into the strongest, tightest hug you can manage, so tight you can feel your cameo’s profile between your chests.
“Thank you. By all that is gilded, I will make it up to you. I will—”
