[As subjects go, he certainly could have done worse. Julius's trauma from Kinloch Hold, to the extent it exists, is centered firmly elsewhere, and his voice is warm when he responds.]
Nothing so lavish as I imagine happened some places. Usually the apprentices were allowed out under supervision to have a good run by the lake: relay races, dancing, that sort of thing. The weather was generally fine enough for a full day of it. In the evening, the adults shared better wine than usual, sometimes a dessert. There was a sort of cake with lemons that I thought quite fine before I was being invited to parties by Orlesian dukes.
We usually didn't do costumes, or even masks. But we did give gifts. Again, nothing lavish, but ... handmade things, or especially rare supplies we knew someone wanted that we'd gotten our hands on, that sort of thing. I remember one year Cian gave me a small music box, which was so unexpectedly fine that I was embarrassed and he noticed and laughed at me for it.
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Nothing so lavish as I imagine happened some places. Usually the apprentices were allowed out under supervision to have a good run by the lake: relay races, dancing, that sort of thing. The weather was generally fine enough for a full day of it. In the evening, the adults shared better wine than usual, sometimes a dessert. There was a sort of cake with lemons that I thought quite fine before I was being invited to parties by Orlesian dukes.
We usually didn't do costumes, or even masks. But we did give gifts. Again, nothing lavish, but ... handmade things, or especially rare supplies we knew someone wanted that we'd gotten our hands on, that sort of thing. I remember one year Cian gave me a small music box, which was so unexpectedly fine that I was embarrassed and he noticed and laughed at me for it.
[A warm memory he'd not touched in years.]
And you? Any fine Satinalias past?