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Jan. 10th, 2009 05:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Ingress loved staying with Amy and her family in Ambergelder. The dancing, the yummy feasts, the pretty dresses, having fun without thinking about anything but pleasant holiday thoughts. She was sad to leave, but she knew it was good to go back for Tom's birthday. It made Door smile, too, having her back. She missed them, too, of course, but she wasn't sad when it was time to go to Shadow with Sallie.
Shadow is totally different from Ambergelder. It's not as fancy, but there are things Ingress has never seen there. Megwyn has a nice stable to stay in, and plenty of hands to help take care of her. There's plenty of room to ride and race and explore.
And, of course, Sallie is there, and she keeps Ingress busy in very good ways. Today she's promised Ingress they'll bake a pie! She's never baked a pie before.
Ingress is reading a book on the sofa, waiting, and warming herself before the big fireplace. It's funny; the fire in the hearth looks a little like the fires she's seen wizards and witches step out of when visiting the Wizarding world with Tom. She wonders why, but mostly, she just enjoys sitting here, not having to be scared or worried. It's brilliant.
Shadow is totally different from Ambergelder. It's not as fancy, but there are things Ingress has never seen there. Megwyn has a nice stable to stay in, and plenty of hands to help take care of her. There's plenty of room to ride and race and explore.
And, of course, Sallie is there, and she keeps Ingress busy in very good ways. Today she's promised Ingress they'll bake a pie! She's never baked a pie before.
Ingress is reading a book on the sofa, waiting, and warming herself before the big fireplace. It's funny; the fire in the hearth looks a little like the fires she's seen wizards and witches step out of when visiting the Wizarding world with Tom. She wonders why, but mostly, she just enjoys sitting here, not having to be scared or worried. It's brilliant.
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Date: 2009-01-11 03:12 am (UTC)Sallie misses the blue hair.
"Ingress?" Sallie's voice calls from behind the girl's perch on the sofa. "Did we decide what kind o' filling we're to be making tonight?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 03:26 am (UTC)"Can we do a mix of different berries? I can't decide between blueberries or strawberries or blackberries."
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:01 am (UTC)"First thing we're going to be needing I think is an apron," Sallie declares, sizing Ingress up. "Wouldn't want you getting a mess all over yourself. I think I have extras on one of the shelves in the pantry."
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:14 am (UTC)"Okay," she says, fumbling with the tie behind her back. "I like aprons. They're like fancy dresses, but not so heavy."
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:19 am (UTC)"You ever messed with bread dough before at all? I don't know how much Door and Tom actually cook for themselves."
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:24 am (UTC)"Tom and Door use bread that's already cooked. They make good sandwiches with it. But we have a lot of food made for us by other people."
She is peering at the table and counter with all of its exotic cooking equipment - i.e. rolling pin, cannisters, large mixing bowl - with a great deal of curiosity.
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:32 am (UTC)"How's it comin' over there baobei?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-11 04:45 am (UTC)"So." Calmer. "How was Tom's birthday?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:50 am (UTC)It doesn't sound like it was particularly fun.
"I had a lot of fun in Ambergelder with Amy and her family. And I'm having lots of fun here, too. I kind of miss home, but not really."
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Date: 2009-01-11 04:57 am (UTC)It's not really a question that needs answering.
"You know you can stay here as long as you want to," Sallie starts quietly, "and everyone's makin' sure that Milliways is as safe for you as possible."
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:05 am (UTC)She picks at some of the dough crumbles left on the counter.
"I know. I have to go back, though. Have you ever been really scared?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:12 am (UTC)"You know Mal was a soldier, right? I was really scared for him, when he went away to the army."
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:20 am (UTC)"What did you do?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:29 am (UTC)("You won't have a home to come back to, Malcolm.")
"I couldn't do much of anything. He was his own person; I couldn't stop him from doing what he wanted to do, even if I didn't like it."
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:33 am (UTC)These seem like reasonable courses of action.
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:40 am (UTC)She is a big girl after all.
"I cried. I think I fired some folk what didn't deserve it.
"I tried to wake up in the morning and find something that made me happy while he was away. It got easier."
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:44 am (UTC)"When bad things happen, it always takes a while before you're happy again. I don't like being scared, but I won't always be scared. Do you think people can really make things safer for me at Milliways? And at the House?"
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:47 am (UTC)Smiling at her in that way you see parents smile when their children piece things together: "I think so, yes. I'm a horrible liar."
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Date: 2009-01-11 05:51 am (UTC)Kids are resilient. Plus the pie smells really, really, really good.