<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=46369.msg2361732#msg2361732">Quote from: Faeylin on 20-10-2009, 23:33:41</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><strong>Lillian Montague</strong>, Beneath an Ancient Oak [Sylria the Elf &amp; Lillian Montague]<br/><br/>Lillian wrapped her arms around Sylria once she came over. "Bella is my best friend, in all the world. I have much. Wealth and power because of my blood...the adoration of many who would be me. I even have the longest list of suitors in the country, and the privilege of spurning each and every one of them. But friends I hold dear and close to me. I don't want anything more from you than for you to exist beside me. Bella and I could use a new friend and companion...someone who could be close to us both, without causing trouble between us."<br/><br/>She kissed Sylria on the back of the head, and reached forward to pull the hair from the elven girl's face, depositing it behind her long, pointed ear. "I would like that to be you, Sylria, as I've said before. And that is the truth," she said, with finality.<br/><br/>"Now, before I got distracted, you said there were other things that bothered you, my dear?" Lillian still touched Sylria's skin, or laid her head here and there on the girl's shoulder, but it felt more casual and natural. There was no pretext of seduction, or intimacy...nothing beyond what might be shared between two sisters, revealing the secrets of their days to each other by candlelight before bed.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><strong>Sylria</strong>, Beneath an Ancient Oak [Sylria the Elf & Lillian Montague]<br/><br/>I slowly relax into Lillian's arms, feeling odd, but able to relax slowly as she spoke, even if the kiss confused me at times.  Her description of suitors...I didn't know what to think, but I waited for her to finish.  At last I could relax a little, smiling and patting her hand as I reply. "I...I do not understand the suitors, but that is, in part, because the idea of marriage has no appeal to me.  Nor men, for that matter.  They exist, and that is all, at least to me.  But I would be glad to be both your and Bella's friend, Lillian."<br/><br/>Leaning back a little more, I add, softly. "I don't know of anything else, precisely.  I'm uncomfortable with things.  The way the mansion and the land feels...it puts me on edge.  I don't<em>know</em>what is going on, but I would like to find out.  And I'm...well, I suppose it must seem strange to you, but I'm an architect as well, at least from what knowledge has surfaced in my mind.  I have knowledge of dark creatures, the wilds and dwellers therein, magic, and such things.  I don't trust things, but I'll do my best to make certain we aren't taken by surprise by things in the mansion.  Hopefully if it is a haunt it can be laid to rest easily."