"Trying to get a tour of the family castle?" Aldric smirked at the mention of his deep pockets and lolled his head in her direction, smiling smoothly. "All you had to do was ask, but the gin does help pad your case." Great Uncle Gustav would be tickled pink about the visit, anyway.
Following her as she turns to survey her brilliant party, Aldric let his gaze sweep the room, settling easily against the bar with his arms crossed loosely over his chest, quietly enjoying himself.
"What about you? A turnout like this has got to have you moving up in the world. Am I going to see you at the next big garden party?" He wished. Now that he was older Aldric went to those kinds of things only when he'd been unlucky enough to cross paths with one of his parents and they had made him, all while asking him why he didn't have a wife yet to get him to agree faster. They knew he didn't like talking to them, and while once they might have been a time those fences could be mended, now they leveraged how much he loathed dealing with them like a bargaining chip. Company like Mae's at that sort of thing would have been a very refreshing change.
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Following her as she turns to survey her brilliant party, Aldric let his gaze sweep the room, settling easily against the bar with his arms crossed loosely over his chest, quietly enjoying himself.
"What about you? A turnout like this has got to have you moving up in the world. Am I going to see you at the next big garden party?" He wished. Now that he was older Aldric went to those kinds of things only when he'd been unlucky enough to cross paths with one of his parents and they had made him, all while asking him why he didn't have a wife yet to get him to agree faster. They knew he didn't like talking to them, and while once they might have been a time those fences could be mended, now they leveraged how much he loathed dealing with them like a bargaining chip. Company like Mae's at that sort of thing would have been a very refreshing change.