<strong>"I think I can agree with that idea, it is certainly not a chore I would complain about!"</strong>Alex stated.<br/><br/>The bit of tease seemed to strike home as Alex was quick to chuckle even if Christina was sporting a bit of a blush momentarily, but shaking her head as well a smirk playing on her lips. Embarrassed or not, she was not going to deny the fact that her brother and her other lover were quite capable of making her feel well satisfied, though it seemed she was considering something briefly.<strong>"Perhaps I should still make sure to take a bit of time to spend together whenever I set out, beforehand?"</strong>The look on her face was one that had Alex chuckling again.<br/><br/><strong>"Not really seeing a bad side in that,"</strong>he said with a smirk on his lips before nodding to Tehr again.<strong>"I don't generlaly think badly of such attentions, but something about the particular fellow irritates me, the feeling of a braggart whom I find it difficult to respect, and who I feel inclined to believe would spread any tales of conquest far and wide to buff his own ego regardless of other consequences,"</strong>He remarked with a brief shake of his head.<strong>"Rumors and whispers are one thing but bragging and boasting can get annoying."</strong>He halted momentarily, before clearing his throat and muttering in a lower whisper.<strong>"Particularly when there's reasons to suspect its false bravado, though I'd have to look a <em>lot</em> closer than I'm comfortable doing right now if I wanted to be sure,"</strong>Alex finished.<br/><br/>Christina took a step closer and kissed on Tehr's cheek at that point.<strong>"I've mostly been trying to have some fun and get to know a few more people, but some of them just feel <em>wrong sort</em> who wouldn't be able to accept what they might find here. I prefer to keep friends who I think might have a more open look about things, if we did eventually choose to share more. Though I am in 'cordial' familiarity with people around town by now. I did actually listen to mom when she originally agreed to have me see the Londinium, though in all honesty, looking for a husband was not a goal I'd put as first, second, or even tertiary one on my list."</strong>She smirked faintly but left it at that.<br/><br/>Regardless, it was Carolyn who spoke up next.<strong>"Well I do not know of you, Tehr, but I am inclined to get something to eat, and then soak away the stiffness from a long ride back to Londinium. I'd ask if you were inclined to join me, but I believe I've been too greedy with your time already,"</strong>she stated, a bolder declaration from her than was usual, but she was pushing out of the shell she still occasionally fell back to. Nonetheless, having had Tehr to herself for the length of their trip, her bit of tease was met by a surprised look from Alex, and a quite amused one from Christina who looked like she wanted to rush after Carolyn for<em>all the details</em>just because, but stayed back instead to look over at him.<br/><br/><strong>"Hmm, I am curious where Lady Rosalyn would think to place that seed you brought with you. If neither of you minds, I admit being curious about the dryad that may come out of it eventually after all. Though if she's setting up some little ritual to hallow a ground before hand I doubt she'll be planting it right away,"</strong>Alex stated briefly before turning her attention towards Tehr.<strong>"I also wanted you to know, the little donations and pushing the idea of kids being taught rather than on the street and likely to cause trouble has born some fruit, with petty crime down, only the true 'criminal kids' are still at it, others are at school learning and avoiding that lifestyle. It also lead to the capture of a man who was running a small gang of child-thieves, acting as their fence and caretaker."</strong>He seemed to hesitate a moment, before looking up at Tehr seriously.<br/><br/><strong>"The Guards captured him and he's in jail, but there's some talk going about that he'll have his chance to appeal in front of a court, and has a powerful benefactor behind him, since there's been some supposed claims of bribes of making his life in a cell easier and protecting him from the other criminals. It smells rotten to me. Whether he was doing something extra like running illegal goods for a price for others or possibly gatheirng information through the use of his pawns. I don't know, but I would like to appeal that if you go to the queen, you push for the whole thing to be taken under the Queen's court to decide. It may be petty crime, but corruption seems apparent and someone's making a lot of effort to get the man out of the cell. I don't know why, because well,"</strong>he lowered his voice somewhat.<em><strong>"-if it was just about silencing a witness and a partner in crime, hiring a thug in jail or evne one of the guards shouldn't be as costly as the luxuries the said man is facing, which makes me wonder."</strong></em><br/><br/>Alex leaned back again, while Christina rolled her eyes.<strong>"We did good and you are focusing on the only little thing that is off about it, honestly, I think we should be cheering at how well it has turned out! Well, other than a few industrialist complaining how they can't just hire a street urchin or two to run messages or help clean their chimneys anymore."</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ok, wanted to post tonight so posting this as is.</div></div>