everything we are, it just went away
with a slide of the tongue and a sour taste
If there is one thing Dawn could have changed about Kagerus and Solace’s rule, it’s the fact that they rid themselves of Litotes so easily. He had, naturally, been swayed to what the Sanctuary seems to think is the enemy side, though Dawn doesn’t see why their relationship with Loess is so rocky. Vulgaris had taken over the kingdom without bloodshed and handed it off to Castile almost carelessly, and they have so far made no move to be hostile towards any of the other regions. Perhaps Dawn is naïve to the way politics work, but none of this adds up to the young woman.
Since today is merely a business trip and not one for pleasure, she leaves the girls behind when she steps out of the Cove and heads southwest. They want to see their father, she knows, but she also knows that he has unfinished business with Kensa and the East, and she knows that he will return often to spend time with his girls. She doesn’t worry too much about that – he had been smitten with them when she gave birth, and they are already good friends. Good friends that happen to have children together now. She would never call them lovers – she's not sure now what love even is – but he’s one of her best friends.
She finds the river that separates Hyaline from Loess easily, and fords it with ease. Once on the opposite shore she stops, not wanting to cross into a potentially hostile kingdom without an invitation. She may be new to politics, but she knows this at least. Her mind drifts to her girls while she waits, and she wonders what they are doing at home. Wreaking havoc? Bothering Uncle Clay? Oh, she hopes they’re bothering him. She adores Clayton – he is growing into one of her closest friends.
Uneasy after standing so long on a foreign kingdom’s borders, she calls out, voice slightly anxious. “Lie? Litotes?”
Dawn
oh, it's gonna be a long night
@[litotes] and maybe @[Castile] ?