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[Ebiris]

She could flatter Marie but without her being present to react in amusing fashions what's the point? "Heart Temple sounds nice. Lady Marie would like it since Antenora has her heart! Do you think she might swap to serving Antenora now actually?" she asks in high-pitched chatterbox fashion.

[Anastasia]

As Syala's laughter sounds in your mind, the woman hums. "...that's a good question," she admits. "I'm afraid I don't know.""

[Ebiris]

"She probably won't, since then she'd have to pray to her own wife. So who's your favourite anyway?" Alicia asks with a guileless smile. "Antenora, Jessica, Syala, or Alicia?"

[Anastasia]

With a soft laugh, "Some women want their husbands to treat them like divinity. But my favorite? Oh, that has to be Jessica. I'm going to serve her officially soon. Kindness is important, and so is being firm even in the shadows."

"That's a good choice," Syala opines, "Without kindness, we all die of thirst when we need refreshment the most."

"That's a wise saying. Who taught you that?" The woman asks, eyes widened slightly.

[Ebiris]

"Yes, tell us. They must have been very wise," Alicia prods as well.

[Anastasia]

"A rather wise if naughty feline," Syala says, "One who also understands discretion."

A soft, silent gasp, lasting only a minute before, "Ah." A smile takes her face, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

"We're looking around, but Antenora has this well in hand," Syala keeps her voice down, a slight flex of divine will keeping the conversation private. Myga, you'd do well with Jessica, as long as you have steel to go with that silken softness. Head to Mercia and visit Jessica, I'll inform her you're coming. She needs good people like you to build with."

"As you say," Bowing her head slightly in respect but nothing else, "I will leave immediately."

[Ebiris]

"Show her kindness and you'll get nothing but back," Alicia adds, smiling encouragingly at Myga.

[Anastasia]

"Thank you, my Queen," Myga bows once more, "With your leave?"

"You have it," Syala says, "Go. Fly fast and you'll find it's not a long journey at all, not today."

With that Myga turns and goes. Syala watches her, a bob in the air, "Getting started is the hardest part," she remarks, "Jessica needs more support that just us, she needs reliable servants."

[Ebiris]

"It's nice to have early volunteers," Alicia agrees. "Once you have a core they can spread out and expand your influence more and more with time."

[Anastasia]

"A chain reaction that keeps building on itself," Syala agrees, "We've built something here for more than ourselves, love. We keep bringing more and more people in, and they support us and we support them. Our communities are prospering."

[Ebiris]

"Seen enough to be happy for now, then?" she asks, leaning a slender waifish arm over Syala's big squishy ball of light body.

[Anastasia]

A moment of togetherness and happiness - and you feel the connection with Syala, shining bright. It resonates between the two of you.

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[Ebiris]

Seen it.

"Someone else approves, it seems," Alicia says wryly, before they return to Liberton and their normal forms.

[Anastasia]

"Someone wants to see us grow," Syala's smile is broad, "All considered, it's nice to see the forces of Celestia supportive of us. Like a big family with its disputes and wars, but ultimately still family."

[Ebiris]

"They've always been supportive of me, ever since I met Latha," Alicia says. "Of course it goes both ways, we help them in turn."