Posted by Civilian Kenzo B’tren-Hyrushi (Governor) in Earth - An Unexpected Meeting

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“And what you have failed to see is that my comment about a child was hyperbole and an attempt at levity. Perhaps a poor one on my part, then.” Tara stood up and said “Thank you for the tea, Ragna. I look forward to enjoying your company again when things are not perhaps so… tense.” and she simply turned and went to the door. Ahe opened in the face of a startled Seamus who looked at her in surprise and said “Seanmhair! Hello! Did… um… I think we should talk.” Tara patted his bearded cheek and said “Dinner tonight at the house. You and your bride. She is quite pleasant.” and Tara stepped outside. There was a reflection of blue lights on Seamus’s face, and then he blinked and looked inside at Ragna.

“Um… what the hell just happened?” he asked, still in shock.

Seamus

“You ran into your grandmother as she was leaving,” Ragna finished with the last of the teas and then poured him a mug of water and set it on the table. Ragna wasn’t sure if that ended well or not. The house wasn’t burning and she didn’t have a knife in her gut. And Last McKenzie wanted to spend time with her again....maybe to kill her then??? Dinner, with her, that meant ....regalia....she sighed. Ragna wondered which god she’d angered this time. Of course it was her so there was a long list. Ragna was quiet as she took the used tea cups and began to clean them.
Ragna MxKenzie

Seamus stood in the doorway, a pheasant in his hand already cleaned and dressed, and looked at Ragna… then to where Tara had been… the back to Ragna. He took a breath, then went inside and shut the door. He set the bird on the cutting board by the sink, washed his hands, dried them, then put them on his wife’s shoulders and gently turned her to face him.

“Ragna.. lass… what happened? Neither you nae Lady Tara are the kind ta speak like that. Wha’ happened? An how cannae help ya, my love?”

Seamus ‘Let’s Try This Patience Thing’ McKenzie

Gods she loved the way he said her name. She blinked up at him. “We need a lock on the door, Angus is broken. She walked in while I was naked, I thought it was you, and said things…I made her tea and we talked. Interesting history our clans have…I gave her Revna’s letter, she grilled me in fine minute detail about us. She intends to do the same to you later. I have been warned if our stories don’t line up I shall face severe repercussions. We talked about Mike and Revna, and the problems there. I told her she should talk to my father. I also suggested that Mike, and maybe Revna, should be included in these discussions and decisions since the affect their lives. That we should not make choices for them. She said Mike made his choice clear but she had to keep the idea of him going.” She was probably about to make him mad. “Then she said if Mike and Revna would hurry up and have a baby it would fix everything.” There was no hiding the anger the thought brought. It would be a toss up if Seamus knew her well enough or not to know it anger born of protectiveness and love and not just hot-headedness. “I lost my temper. I asked, I did not tell, I asked her to explain because it sounded like she was suggesting letting their child be thrown into the fray. She got insulted. I don’t care. It was poor taste and classless to even exaggerate such a thing. She asked for more tea, I made it. She said she would go to the house or stay it was up to me. I told her to stay, she’s family and is always welcome even if we don’t agree.”
Ragna McKenzie

Seamus hugged her to him and said “Ok… easy. I can see why ya got angry…” and he just held her for a minute. When he finally separated himself from her, he pulled out a chair and said “Sit, love…” and he pulled off the kettle, made two teas, set the kettle back, and then pulled a bottle from the cabinet and added a splash of whiskey to each. He set them down on the table and sat himself.

“So… somethin’ about her that ya need to know. She is a good woman. One of the two best I have ever known.” and he winked at her. “But she never… and I mean never… makes children a target for anything. Hell, lass… thats what all a’ dis is about. She sheltered Michael as a kid and now its biting her in tha ass. So if she made a crack about Michael and Revna having a kid? That’s all it was… a crack. And the fact that she felt comfortable enough around to even try and joke speaks volumes. Besides love… this is a sh!+e situation… we gotta find what small reasons we can to try and laugh, otherwise we’ll never find our way outta it.”

Seamus

She sipped the tea, not because she needed it but more to keep her hands busy. Finally she fixed her gaze on him. “Believe it or not I know that. The comment was completely out of character with your description of her and the woman I had spent the last hour talking to. Hence why I asked her to explain rather than doing something much more foolhardy. I like her. I could come to respect her.” She sipped the tea again and then set it aside. “It is a sh$& storm and terrifying and dangerous. There are worse things than physical and financial damage people like your cousins can inflict upon a child. Humor and laughter may be necessary. But she didn’t say it was jest..or how did she put it..hyperbole, she justified it. It wasn’t until she walked out that she said it was a poor hyperbole on her part.”
Ragna McKenzie