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[prydeful]

She's stretched out on her back on the grass, gingerly touching her lip--Faith split it, and bruised...more places than she wants to think of--and feeling rather content as she waits for Edmund, absently licking a bit of blood away from the tear after she lowers her hand.

Bruised, but not all that badly, if in many places, and even those don't really hurt.

It's satisfying, and nice out, and she's happy to just look up at the stars.

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[iustus_rex]

Edmund wanders outside, and eyes her.

Rather a lot.

[prydeful]

Kitty sits up and eyes him back. "Done with work, then?"

[iustus_rex]

"Yes-- ah, love, what happened to you?"

[prydeful]

"Faith and I sparred." She stands, shaking her hair to get the grass out.

She doesn't get it all.

"It's fine. Really. Truly."

[iustus_rex]

"All right," he says, and tells himself not to worry. "You've missed some," he adds, stepping closer to her, and starting to pick some of the grass out of her hair.

[prydeful]

Kitty smiles and bends her head a little to give him better access. "Thanks."

[iustus_rex]

"Course," he replies, and while the grass is already gone, he doesn't lower his hand from her hair for the moment.

"-- did you have fun, then?"

[prydeful]

She lifts her head up, pressing it a bit more against his hand, and grins.

"Yup."

[iustus_rex]

"Glad to hear it, then."

He smiles, a little, fingers combing back through her hair.

[prydeful]

Her head finds its way to his shoulder, and her grin softens, though she's still smiling. "Well. Hitting, kicking, all that. Great time."

[iustus_rex]

"I'll take your word for it, love."

He chuckles, quietly, one arm wrapping automatically around her shoulders, and he presses a kiss to her hair.

[prydeful]

"Well. For me." She kisses his neck, since that doesn't require moving her head, and sighs, quietly, feeling more content than she was before.

[iustus_rex]

"Which would be why I'm taking your word, yes, my dear." He grins, arm squeezing a bit for a moment, and then he pulls away slightly.

"I believe I asked you for a walk, didn't I?"

[prydeful]

"I think you did, yes," she nods solemnly.

[iustus_rex]

"Shall we, then?" He turns, slightly, offering her his arm.

[prydeful]

She takes it. "Well, since we're out here, yes, we shall."

[iustus_rex]

"Oh, but I'd hate to inconvenience you," he says lightly, leading the way towards the lakeshore.

[prydeful]

"No you wouldn't. You'd enjoy it, and not want to admit it." She may or may not mean this.

[iustus_rex]

"Possibly," he allows, agreeably. "Depending on the subject matter, I suppose."

[prydeful]

"What subject matter would it be where you'd enjoy it, then?"

[iustus_rex]

"I'm sure I've no idea at all, in the slightest."

Loftily.

[prydeful]

"Liar." She grins, though, against his shoulder, before squeezing his hand.

[iustus_rex]

"Come now, my lady... I wouldn't do such a thing as that."

He turns his head, pressing a kiss to her hair.

The shore is clear, and while there isn't exactly a path, there's also nothing to give a reason why it is that they're walking quite so closely together.

[prydeful]

"Of course not. Don't know what I was thinking."

No reason at all, but no reason not to, for that matter.

Or maybe there is a quiet sort of reason.

"I'd love you even if you did, though, I think."

[iustus_rex]

"I wonder if we should test this at some point," he muses quietly, arm slipping around her shoulders again.