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Ipo grinned, feeling the small kiss before giving a whine. "You wouldn't mind him but refuse me? Oh you're so cruel, Miss Nix! He's so old and wrinkly! Look at him!" He was just being playful, he had no affection aside from that of an older brother for her. He liked his women older.

Henry raised an eyebrow at her speech. She was a child but speaking so maturely, it was rather offsetting and it received no chuckle. But he smiled, looking back at the road. "Sadly I'm taken, Little Miss. Might need to settle with Ipo right there."

Elliot felt the blush rise in his face at Leo's words, about to question him when he heard snoring. He looked down, confused and nervous, but kissed Leo's head. "Should I be embarrassed by your comment or what you called me?" Did Leo actually love him? The thought made him both frightened and happy, but there was little he could do, the soft breathing soon lulling him to sleep.

The trip was similar the rest of the way, pausing to eat and to sleep before travelling. Nix got to sleep in the carriage, Elliot sleeping on the floor, on most occasions waking to find Leo beside him or Nix snuggled by her brother or between them both. Ipo grew happier, bouncing with excitement and soon talking about nothing else then his brother. But they were already in the lower half of the mountains, a light snow covering the grounds as they stopped at Loslith.

Elliot finished wrapping Nix in one of his own jackets, placing his hat on her head. "All right, we're getting you some proper clothes, now. Ready? Are you warm?"

"I really worry about you beign warm, my prince." Ipo commented. Elliot had gone through his Falian wardrobe once again, but like he'd predicted, the prince wasn't feeling the cold at all despite his body showing different signs. "Perhaps we should buy you some clothes as well, just in case. I'm sure the fashion has changed somewhat the month we've been gone." Ipo didn't care about Tsume, in fact, he'd actually ignored the wolf throughout the entire trip.

Henry put his gloves on. "I'm going to get us enough food to last the rest of the trip. Any suggestions on what we need aside from salted meat and pickled fruits?"

"Ah, but I'll lose you in the snow, you look like a giant snowflake." Henry commented, gathering the last of what he needed, luckily Leo quickly denied Nix the trip. "Yes, you can come with us next time. For now you need to go get warm, like Lily and Elliot say. I'll be back." And started to walk off.

Ipo adjusted his own jacket. "I'll be going with Henry, you three stay safe." And jogged to catch up, taking some of the man's load and holding it in his own hands.

Elliot smiled. "All right, we're all here then." and began walking, making sure to keep a good grip on the child's hand as he pushed through. People must have thought him a foreigner due to his clothes, so today was played in his favor. It was still early morning, so many shops were opening, only small murmurs here and there. "In here." And pushed Leo and Nix into the warm building, the sudden temperature change sending a shock through Elliot's body as he shuddered.

Winter clothes were folded and put on shelves, some presented on metal mannequins, bright with colors or deep in their shade. Many were lined with fur, others with wool, but they were decorated nicely with their buttons, matching gloves and hats and scarves.

"Good morning." The woman said, looking at the odd bunch. Only Leo was the properly dressed on. Elliot had made sure Leo changed into the proper clothes. "Is there something I can help you with?"

"Not at the moment, no." Elliot responded, feeling his fingers burn with the warmth. "Just browsing for Lily's younger sister."

The woman stared at Elliot before silently turning to Leo as though questioning why the lynx seemed to be wearing summer apparel in winter.

Elliot was looking out the window. A nearby jewelers, there was a fabric shop beside that, a clock shop on the other side. He'd never actually looked at the shops and found himself wanting to enter those as well. What sort of jewelry did they have? He never really looked at clocks before in depth and their inner workings. When the dog gave some sort of murr or low bark did the prince turn, ears twitching and the noise. Was Ludwig and Nix communicating? Silver eyes looked at the jacket she was looking at, walking away from the glass to where they were, taking it off the mannequin and holding it out. "Try it on, take off my jacket, though."

"I see." The woman said, eyeing the prince up and down. "Well I have a variety of winterwear to keep him warm, but for clothing there's a store a few shops down which can dress him properly. Where are you from?" And walked out from behind the counter to a shelf toward the back right corner of the store, looking at them and pulling out jackets.

The prince glanced over, spinning Nix before stopping her and the puppy which was running circles around her. "I think Nix looks absolutely lady-like in this jacket. What do you think? Shall we get her the matching hat and mittens? It would be preferred." Ellito found it hard to be proper, what having been so relaxed in Falia. Luckily it was doing him good, the woman kept on glancing back trying to name him, but she couldn't.

"How about these jackets, miss?" There were two, one a deep green, knee-length jacket with black buttons and a high collar which could be folded down, and the second a black fabric which ended at mid-thigh, the collar itself stopping at the neck but left enough space for a scarf. "I only ask because a woman knows what her lover looks best in." The last part was said in a whispered giggle, watching Elliot place a better fitting hat on the girl's head. "And he treats your younger sister like his own family, oh I certainly wouldn't let him go."

"the green one it is, would you like a black scarf or a blue one for him?" And smiled when the other whispered an agreement on not letting this handsome man go. Then Nix spoke up, "From Falia?' She questioned, paling somewhat. Falia was.. that place... so far away and had the deepest of magic. Were they demons?

Elliot smiled softly at the woman shaking his head at her thoughts which were quite obvious on her face before turning to Nix. The door chimed with the newcomer, and the said newcomer spoke his thoughts. "Tsume, welcome back. Enjoying Nalenyr?" he asked with a smile.

The woman gave a small smile, somewhat jittery over the small scare. "near Falia? How wonderfully frightening and exciting all at once! Which country? On the other side of Falia? Oh what was that place called?" She mused, gently taking the coat and other accessories from Nix and bringing them to the counter to be paid for, quickly writing the reciept. "May I ask how you will be paying for these items?"

"Up front." and glanced at the slip of paper before bringing out the proper coin for them, surprising the woman somewhat. "This is enough to cover, I'd imagine, Tsume would you like something for the cold as well or are you fine? We have two more days before reaching the capital."

And the look on the woman's face went from pleasant to shocked, quickly recognizing this white haired man, but how to go about saying it, had she been disrespectful? And this woman was his lover! Oh goodness!

The woman was surprised, suddenly, looking at the people surrounding the prince before looking at the prince again, smiling and nodding as she wrapped up the clothes. Though when the tanned one called him an idiot she stared, shocked that someone would do such a thing.

Elliot frowned at Tsume, ears twitching. "At least some of of us were raised with manners, Fido, and a proper pedigree." he said. Taking the clothes and shrugging his jacket on before looking at Leo. "You didn't want anything? Not even a pair of gloves, Le--Lily?" He couldn't say his name, they were in Nalenyr. "I think you'd look lovely in the scarf though." and wrapped the blue scarf around Leo's neck with a small smile. "Lovely indeed." And kissed the fabric.

The woman smiled. "This is made from wool from a sheep." she explained, feeling Nix's clothes. "And I make my clothes myself along with my own sister. It's hard work. But your clothes are beautiful, are they made from spider webs?" She thought it a joke stemmed from the girl's imagination. "But it would look like your family is leaving. You might want to catch up with them. You be safe, little one, and treat the prince well."

"We're going, Nix." Elliot called.

The native prince was looking up at the snow, coat still unbuttoned and scarf loosely around his neck, he was focusing on something, silver eyes unmoving until a warm hand slipped into his own, making him look over, surprised. "When did you-"he paused, giving a smile. "Well I suppose I need some clothes, however if you and Nix would like to look around, I know Tsume will take very good care of you both." he explained. "This is the shopping district after all, I am sure Nix would love to look at everything, but we are on a tight schedule so I would like to get my shopping done quickly. If you'd like you could take her to the library." And smiled happily at this thought. "I'm sure she'll find our fairy tails most interesting and different from her own."

"what's this about fairy tails?" Ipo asked, carrying a basket of food. "Are we going back to that boring old library? I thought we could only stay for a day. Pretzel?" and offered the warm bread to Leo and Nix, once again ignoring Tsume.

Ipo cheered. "No library! Here you go, Tsume." And happily placed the basket in the man's arms before holding Nix's hand. 'I'll take good care of our miniature princess, Mistress. I promise! Now let's go look at more clothes! This way Elliot and Lily's love can bloom so openly and they'll grow fond of each other." And paused. "Fan group, I like that. I like that a lot. If we are a group we must have a symbol!"

Elliot stared at the two who seemed to be in their own world, gently taking the other half of the bread and a biting into it. "Well," he was going to buy some things by himself for Leo, since the other rarely recieved gifts, but now he had to rethink his decision, thinking silently before looking at Ipo and sighing. His own shopping was over. "I suppose I will need help picking out some clothes." he admitted, not wanting to shop at all for that, but he held the warm hand and finished his part of the pretzel. "Well, let's go then." and walked to the shop the woman had mentioned, entering it and accepting the warmth. A tailor's shop, and Elliot had no idea what exactly he should be looking for.

he was just going to go home and let someone else do the picking for him, but no, here he was, staring at all the types of clothes, fabrics and styles with confusion. "Nevermind, let's go toward the library." and moved to exit the building.