Aunt Mary Lin continued to look sceptical, but Tara thought, maybe she was following the logic.  She was kind of confused but what he said did make some sense. She found herself nodded, looking down as she followed the line of thought, her dark lashes brushing lightly against her fair cheeks.  Untying the apron, she folded in over the bar with a deliberateness, smoothing the lines of the folds.<br/><br/>"If I did this how long would I be gone."  She looked over to her aunt, speaking before the older woman could protest. "I mean Aunt Mary Lin told me about losing days, and I came here to help her, and I have college to go back to, so I can't be gone very long."  Aunt Mary Lin's expression tightened up, thin lines appeared around her mouth, her green eyes narrowed, "Please Aunt, I know, but you told me about the promises, and how Parne would have to word it very carefully."<br/><br/>She looked over to him, the long trail of black hair over her should speckled with flour like bits of snow. Hugging her aunt tightly the older woman hugged back with a strength that belied her years and she glared at Parne, hoping he would see how much she hated this idea. Tara stepped back from her aunt, the smaller woman, her faded red head bowed slightly and she let the girl go, her reluctance obvious.<br/><br/>"Alright Parne... I'll go, but you must promise me that I'll be back in two days." Tara gulped, hoping that would be enough time.  She was drawn to Parne and she wasn't sure if it was the problem or his damned good looks.  "And I need to know that none of those bad fairies will hurt my aunt while I'm with you." She blushed then and looked away, not willing to show her aunt, just what images had popped into her mind at that instant.<br/><br/>"I mean while I'm helping you with this Ancient."  The idea of learning some kind of magic was appealing, but she wasn't sure she was really what Parne needed but she'd give it a try at least.