Third Floor Common Room, Thursday Afternoon

[bitchprince]

He'd dragged Merlin off to hunt early that morning. Even if the boy had absolutely no instincts or abilities that were helpful in any way, Arthur did need someone to carry what he killed. Because of his arm, he hadn't been able to do it the thrilling way, crossbows and all, but traps still worked just as well.

To shorten the tale, he was now seated in the common room. He'd granted the fireplace a passing glance that was rife with relief at the familiarity and seated himself.

He was roasting rabbit meat over the fire. Arthur was perfectly capable of taking care of himself when he didn't feel like having the servants deal with it. Or he was out in the wild. Or any other circumstance of its ilk. He'd be hard-pressed to survive if he didn't.

Roughing it held an odd twinge of relief, divorced from the local madness, and joined with his reality at home.

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[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Then I say there's nothing wrong with meeting people as you come across them, Liir," Adora replied. "Especially people with friendly faces!"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He almost laughed. In the, er, 'you're kidding, right?' sort of way. But he managed to turn it around and smile. He wasn't mocking, just incredulous.

"Certainly," he said.

"And dog lovers. Those're easy."

Because Makejoy made the introductions.

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Dog lovers flock to you?" Adora asked.

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He tried not to choke. Flock? To him?

"No," he said evenly, "I have a puppy, name of Makejoy. She's in my room at the moment asleep, but she's rather adorable. So they flock to her."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Well that makes a lot more sense," she replied. "Animals are very good ice breakers for people."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Especially the shy," he said with some experience.

"I'm usually terrible at talking to people."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"You don't seem terrible to me," Adora decided. "Are you sure you've been talking to the right people?"

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He scratched behind one ear.

"Possibly," he admitted.

"How have you... that is, would you like some of the cloak here?"

He held it up.

"The thing's massive, I promise, and very warm. I've even made a tent of it once, in a rain storm."

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a magical cloth," Adora remarked. "It's very kind of you to offer, but I'm surprisingly warm here by the fire."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He looked down at the cloak thoughtfully.

"I... don't know. I'm pretty sure not. It's just Munchkinland wool."

He wondered if she thought he was being inappropriate. He hoped not.

[fabulous-secret.livejournal.com]

"Munchkinland," Adora repeated. "That is a wonderful name for a place. I presumed there was magic as I don't know of any wool that would withstand a rainstorm."

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

"Oz is an interesting place," he said with a shrug, "and I couldn't tell you what they do to make it so. It's a secret they keep, much to Gilikin's despair."