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Hectae has been waiting patiently - he's too good a bloke to leave a nice lady to walk through a literal mountain of garbage by herself. Good thing too, because as soon as you're out of the furnace room the cold autumn wind hits you like a truck. Brr.

But as far as your schedule goes, despite everything happening with the King you've got a date with a Prince. Edmond's bar is due to open right now and you did pledge to go.
Is that the time?!

Thank goodness for him indeed. Lift by forklift gratefully accepted. Lily had a lot to think about. And a lot to feel about. She felt exhausted after her meeting with the King and most of all she just wanted to go back to the house and collapse on the little foldout bed with the squeaky springs and sleep. And hide.

Isaac. Unbidden the image of the frightful monster ally summoned itself in her mind. It took her several moments to let it fade.

She had promised so much, and she had no idea how she'd deliver even half of it. But she had no choice.

She breathed a deep sigh and wiped her brow. It was actually a relief to come out to the cool air again, even if she felt somewhat self conscious and smelly now. She was in such a need of a shower. Surely being a little late was preferable to showing up like something the cat dragged in to his grand opening.

As they got back to the forecourt she made sure to thank the forklift driver warmly, ask him politely for his number in case she needed him now that she was in the service of the king, before finding Aelas.

"Aelas?" Lily called from a few steps away, far enough to be out of earshot of normal conversation. She could see she was talking to someone and it was rude to intrude so she made her approach known while they had time to conclude their discussion.