Sleet Tempest Snape
Fin?
Acubens smiled, but she made no promises. Her mind was spinning with the events of the day and the anxiety of what tomorrow might hold. Sleep would not hit her until much later, and when it did, it would take her. There would be no negotiation. But, until then, Acubens was awake. And while she was awake, she was going to be working. Working on... something... writing down everything that she could see, hopefully, something of use would come of it all and she wasn't just wasting her time. She had a feeling, however, that those hopes were going to go to waste.
She ruffled Kiuchi's hair because even though he was growing up so fast and had found his place in the court, he still awakened this dormant part of her heart that longed to be a mother. She wasn't sure where it had come from... she'd always had a fondness for children, but nothing like this. And Kiuchi wasn't even THAT much younger than her.
"I'll try," she finally said. "I just want to get a few more things done here before I do."