patience

[calescent]

Alser's granddaughter has the same suggestive "power" blessing from her first set of three that Kiri has. Her other blessings aren't torz either - flexibility is coru, loyalty is hunti - but she is torz, and Alser's current best guess for a successor. She's about the elder prince's age, just a little older than Kiri. Alser asks Kiri if he might visit her at home with this grandchild-of-interest in tow.

Kiri says sure, why not.

And so Alser and Patience Frothen - who is only named for the blessing of patience, and does not wear it in her hair - comes to the house not too long after the princes do.

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[spinnaker]

Jayce isn't wearing his blessings today either. "I'm hope, love, and synthesis," he volunteers.

[pythbox]

"Ooh, fancy," says the elder prince.

Isten looks up at Patience. "What are yours?" he asks quietly.

[salt_of_the]

Patience touches each clip in her hair in turn. "Power, and loyalty, and flexibility."

[pythbox]

"Thank you," says Isten. His brother ruffles his hair.

[salt_of_the]

Patience ruffles him too. And his brother for good measure. They're so rufflable.



The Frothens stay for a little over a week and then they depart, with Patience hugging the elder prince goodbye and venturing to shake Kiri's hand before she goes.

[pythbox]

Isten dares to claim a hug of his very own on her way out.

[salt_of_the]

Aaaawww.