Surprised that the first word out of his mouth was 'no', Tig turned completely around to face him, an eyebrow quirked in bemusement. His seemingly agitated tone didn't help either. It seemed her assumptions had been way off, although she at least hadn't been mistaken in thinking that someone had died.
When he finished speaking her confusion hadn't been fully alleviated. The word 'us' had stuck out at her although she couldn't quite say why it should sound strange, but chiefly she wasn't sure why he was telling her. Since when did he come to her with unresolved issues? Wasn't his style more to solve them in his own way and tell her about it later when and if it was necessary? He hadn't even told her what his progress was on procuring an heir, she supposed she'd eventually find out what was going on there when he suddenly needed her to pretend she was expecting.
He couldn't be after her help, could he? Unless she was very much mistaken he thought she was wandless, and it wasn't as though she had some gift with children that would make wrangling an errant toddler a piece of cake. It would be just like him to start including her when she had somewhere important to be. But maybe that wasn't what he was here for, maybe he only intended to tell her in the hopes she'd changed her mind about keeping both of them alive. Now that she thought about it, that seemed the more likely option which would mean she'd be able to attend her event after all. It suddenly didn't please her as much as it had a moment ago to think that she wouldn't be kept from going.
"That's unfortunate," she replied coolly. She was already preparing herself for... what? Disappointment? That made no sense. "What were you planning on doing about it?"
When he finished speaking her confusion hadn't been fully alleviated. The word 'us' had stuck out at her although she couldn't quite say why it should sound strange, but chiefly she wasn't sure why he was telling her. Since when did he come to her with unresolved issues? Wasn't his style more to solve them in his own way and tell her about it later when and if it was necessary? He hadn't even told her what his progress was on procuring an heir, she supposed she'd eventually find out what was going on there when he suddenly needed her to pretend she was expecting.
He couldn't be after her help, could he? Unless she was very much mistaken he thought she was wandless, and it wasn't as though she had some gift with children that would make wrangling an errant toddler a piece of cake. It would be just like him to start including her when she had somewhere important to be. But maybe that wasn't what he was here for, maybe he only intended to tell her in the hopes she'd changed her mind about keeping both of them alive. Now that she thought about it, that seemed the more likely option which would mean she'd be able to attend her event after all. It suddenly didn't please her as much as it had a moment ago to think that she wouldn't be kept from going.
"That's unfortunate," she replied coolly. She was already preparing herself for... what? Disappointment? That made no sense. "What were you planning on doing about it?"
