[Wanda is just happy to have Dick there at all. Flowers might seem too much like an apology for something out of his control, and she'd gladly take them at a later date.
For now, she leads Dick up the stairs to her bedroom where they find five mice standing to the side of her bed near the door. Dressed in scraps of fabric, feathers, and dried flowers, the mice exclaim in chorus.]
Hail to the visitation of the Acrobatic Priest!
[Wanda bites back a small smile, murmuring to Dick as she hands him her hot chocolate.] They haven't settled on a title for you yet.
[Carefully, she lowers herself to the carpet to address the mice directly.]
I request a bargain.
[A mouse from the group steps forward to speak for them all.]
What do you require, your Holiness?
Privacy in this room, the upstairs bathroom, and the balcony until the...Acrobatic Priest leaves. [Whenever that may be. Wanda isn't making assumptions but she'd be glad to curl up with Dick to sleep that evening. The last time had been the best she'd slept in months.] In return, I offer you and the colony these marshmallows, and the promise of cinnamon toast when I make breakfast tomorrow morning.
[The mouse turns back to the group, to confer privately with the others. After some discussion, the mouse turns back to Wanda and replies gravely:] Your bargain is accepted.
[Wanda hands the mice the half-empty bag of marshmallows which they take past both Wanda and Dick out the door to the guest room where the rest of the colony resides. At least when they're not making holes in the walls and scurrying up and down between floors out of sight. She takes the opportunity to close her bedroom door, and only then looks up to Dick with a wry smile.]
Balcony then? [She makes it a question, in case those circles under his eyes get to him enough to make him want to lay down somewhere more comfortable instead.]
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For now, she leads Dick up the stairs to her bedroom where they find five mice standing to the side of her bed near the door. Dressed in scraps of fabric, feathers, and dried flowers, the mice exclaim in chorus.]
Hail to the visitation of the Acrobatic Priest!
[Wanda bites back a small smile, murmuring to Dick as she hands him her hot chocolate.] They haven't settled on a title for you yet.
[Carefully, she lowers herself to the carpet to address the mice directly.]
I request a bargain.
[A mouse from the group steps forward to speak for them all.]
What do you require, your Holiness?
Privacy in this room, the upstairs bathroom, and the balcony until the...Acrobatic Priest leaves. [Whenever that may be. Wanda isn't making assumptions but she'd be glad to curl up with Dick to sleep that evening. The last time had been the best she'd slept in months.] In return, I offer you and the colony these marshmallows, and the promise of cinnamon toast when I make breakfast tomorrow morning.
[The mouse turns back to the group, to confer privately with the others. After some discussion, the mouse turns back to Wanda and replies gravely:] Your bargain is accepted.
[Wanda hands the mice the half-empty bag of marshmallows which they take past both Wanda and Dick out the door to the guest room where the rest of the colony resides. At least when they're not making holes in the walls and scurrying up and down between floors out of sight. She takes the opportunity to close her bedroom door, and only then looks up to Dick with a wry smile.]
Balcony then? [She makes it a question, in case those circles under his eyes get to him enough to make him want to lay down somewhere more comfortable instead.]