<strong>Maria Park</strong>(2010, age: 18)<br/><strong>Location</strong>: Paris, streets around the flat<br/><strong>Tag</strong>: Renault<br/><hr/><br/>It took Maria by surprise when she felt the warmth of the inspector's large hand covering her own much smaller hand, physical contact of any kind never having been the norm for them. She wasn't sure whether she felt comforted or uncomfortable...maybe a bit of both. Regardless, she was very interested in what Renault had to say, so listening was her main focus.<br/><br/>The stuff about the Fae wasn't anything new, though, Maria knew all of that already. It always came down to the same couple of problems. First of all, they weren't allowed to interfere with the Fae outside of the human world, and traveling into the Fae's realm to hunt the Godmother down would almost certainly break that rule. Second, even if they dared to try, they'd be horrible outmatched. She didn't get the chance to even bring those points up before Renault blindsided her with something else seemingly out of the blue, however.<br/><br/>Maria had no idea why he would say that she was his favorite, that was the type of thing that people weren't supposed to say. Yes, she knew that he wasn't their father or anything like that, but still. She didn't understand why it would be her, either. She was less of a troublemaker than they two boys, perhaps, but she didn't think that was such a big deal, nor did she see what would place her above the other girls in Renault's esteem.<br/><br/>Did it matter, though? His offer, as random as it seemed, was extremely enticing. Maria could learn so much faster with an experienced arcanist as her trainer than she could on her own, which was definitely something that she wanted to do, and it would undoubtedly also prove very helpful in her quest. Maria stared at Renault for several seconds, studying him, trying to make sure that it wasn't some sort of joke or trick, but he seemed sincere...if somewhat creepy with that big grin on his face.<br/><br/>"Really? I'd love that! Why me, though..? And do you think they would even let me be a Marshal? Wow, I so wasn't expecting this!" Maria seemed barely able to contain her excitement, which was quite rare for her indeed.