Petrana's smile warms at I'll build a house, charmed by the image of it; the practicality of Marcus, doing hard labour, which is already delightful. The ease with which that slides into imagining him becoming increasingly particular, becoming an expert on what sort of stone should be used for a fireplace. He would be terribly ambitious about it, she decides. The finest house he could conceive of.
Which, she considers, might be a simpler thing in a warmer climate.
“You and I will watch,” she proposes to Julius. “We fill a supervisory role. Perhaps we'll make requests.”
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Which, she considers, might be a simpler thing in a warmer climate.
“You and I will watch,” she proposes to Julius. “We fill a supervisory role. Perhaps we'll make requests.”