paris in the spring

[her_imperial_radiance]

Aedyt, I've decided to take Harley to Paris for a few days, and you want to come with me, Elspeth sends one morning.

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[her_imperial_radiance]

"If there's something in particular you want to give me, I'll be happy to take it. I'm not so much inclined to go pick something out. I didn't even loot Volterra when I had the chance and my bodyguards were going through Jane's - the vampire, not the ansible network, do you know this story? - jewelry box."

[pumpkin_pie]

"I've heard it! You can tell me your version if you want," Aedyt says cheerfully.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth laughs, and readjusts Harley's position so he can more easily look around them. "Well, we took over, Jane was not one of the ones we were able to safely keep alive, and Alec said he didn't care what happened to her belongings, so Maggie and a few other people looked through them and took what they wanted. She had a lot of jewelry. Aro used to give her something shiny every time she had a birthday."

[pumpkin_pie]

"Which adds up to a lot of shinies," Aedyt agrees sagely. "Well, if I come up with something I think would really suit you, I'll show it to you and see if you like it."

She looks at Harley.

"I'm kind of hazy on human development - is he old enough to wear jewelry without, I don't know, trying to eat it?"

[her_imperial_radiance]

"He would probably try to eat it," says Elsie. "I'm not sure, in this case, if that would be because he's little and babies do that, or because trying to eat things amuses him in general." She holds up her recently bitten finger.

[pumpkin_pie]

Aedyt laughs.

[pythbox]

The baby beams innocently.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"You're a little nibbler," Elspeth tells Harley. "With that habit it's a good thing you aren't very toothy and sharp."

[pythbox]

"Nibbler!" he repeats gleefully.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Yes. Maybe we should find some tasty French food for you to try nibbling when it's lunchtime."

[pythbox]

"I'm a food nibbler!" he asserts.

[pumpkin_pie]

"I sure hope so!" says Aedyt, amused.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"If you weren't you'd get very hungry," laughs Elsie. "Look, up there, above that building you can see the Eiffel Tower." She holds Harley up above her head for a better look.

[pythbox]

"Ooooooh," says Harley.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"It's more impressive up close." She sits him on her shoulders, steadying him with one hand. "We're almost there."

[pythbox]

"Oooooh," he repeats, crossing his arms and resting them on top of her head.