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[dragonofthelake]

[ She's allowed quite some time before he comes looking for her. His focus has been on assuring he has enough blood for analysis so she doesn't have to make frequent trips for more studies. Based on the scarring, she's been through enough. ]

You're a reader?

[ Sherry greets her with a question as he removes the glasses that helped with his magical analysis. ]

[crimsonflower]

An ignorant leader is an incompetent one. I must avail myself of what I can in order to best serve my people. But I suppose I'm also naturally curious.

[She likes to learn. Knowledge is power, and for someone who was taken advantage of when she was young without any power of her own... it's liberating.]

[dragonofthelake]

Did you learn anything?

[ Sherry moves around the table and lays the glasses on its surface. His eyes move to see which topic caught her interest. ]

[crimsonflower]

Not much that you haven't already told me.

[Edelgard closes the book. The cover reveals it to be one of the books he has on dragons.]

But I wanted to know more. It feels rude drilling you like your knowledge is an ore to be mined.

[dragonofthelake]

Some of the books are wrong.

[ Thankfully, most are written by dragons so the source is reliable. Some, however, were written by humans. ]

I wanted to know what the humans were writing about us. We've stopped kidnapping princesses now, but we still like to kidnap virgin women. I don't know why they think we're so uninterested in female dragons.

[crimsonflower]

You say it's wrong, but you've stolen one away to your lair all the same.

[An attempted joke at his expense while unwittingly telling on herself.]

[dragonofthelake]

[ Sherry doesn't expect to receive that bit of information. For a moment, he doesn't answer, but he's quick to recover himself. ]

For anybody to find any truth in the story, they'd have to know that kind of personal detail about you.

[crimsonflower]

[—It's only his comment that brings her to the harsh reality of what she said. Oops.]

W-well since I haven't married many would still consider me a princess.

[dragonofthelake]

It's only princes who can do that kind of thing before marriage?

[ Says the 500 year old dragon who hasn't even accepted a date. ]

Humans are weird about that.

[crimsonflower]

[Edelgard sighs heavily. In her attempt to change the point he just combined the two. Setting aside the book she stands.]

Honestly, others in Fodlan may have such ideals but I do not put great weight on them. I simply have not had the time for romance or intimacy. And with my enemies being capable of stealing faces I do not believe I could have ever made the time for it and still be comfortable.

[dragonofthelake]

[ Sherry isn't one to judge. He hasn't allowed himself so much as a kiss and he has no worries of having an enemy behind a lover's face. ]

Do you want some tea?

[ He can't really offer much reassurance. He'd do the same in her situation. ]

[crimsonflower]

[With a softened expression, Edelgard smiles. A gentle wave of relief washes over her now that he's changed the subject.]

I would appreciate that very much, thank you.

[dragonofthelake]

[ Sherry leads her toward the kitchen. He can, at least, boil tea. He can even make soup and simple meals, if he's honest, but his own standards are too high for such simple things unless there's a pressing need. ]

I have your blood running against the database of species found here. [ In his world. ] I'll start with the closest match and see what I can make from there. If it's not close enough to anything, I'll have to develop more prototypes, but even the failures teach you something.

[crimsonflower]

I understand. Would I be allowed to indulge in your notes as you progress? I'd even be interested in what doesn't work.

[Perhaps by including what she knows of her own people and Nabateans dragons she may offer insight during.]

[dragonofthelake]

I can give you full access to anything that's about you, but I'll need to hide some of the comparisons and information that involves other things I've studied. Sometimes, they involve people who'd prefer to remain a secret.

[crimsonflower]

Very well. You need not do the same for me if someone who is a victim has an inquiry. Though I'd be wary about anyone in positions of power questioning.

[dragonofthelake]

Dragons aren't the same as humans. They won't ask, and humans can't visit here. I don't know if I'll ever see anybody with your same condition again, but I'll remember it in case I do.

Not many species...or people, are very often mixed with dragons.

[ But they do exist, if in the form of a rare hafling. ]

[crimsonflower]

[It's not as if the notes he'll be comparing her results to is in regard to someone as the same condition as her, but she won't argue. She feels as if the point is clear: if it could help someone in need then it is a yes, if it is to benefit someone who would seek to profit from it then no.

As Sherry prepares the tea for them she'll find a seat and smooth out the skirt of her dress.]

I'll trust you on that.