Wren nodded. That would make sense. Her mother hadn't come to visit her for this trip, but the other one was closer to her birthday, so Wren hoped she'd be there for that one. Maybe even Lilibet and Ambrose would come visit, young as they were. Elliot wouldn't, but he was a first year anyways, so he had to wait his turn. Unless someone had died. Wren momentarily shuddered at the memory of hearing that her father had died just before the Christmas holidays.

"You're right about that!" Wren imagined that they also got some discounts or something, which would've made shopping a lot more fun, but she didn't say that. She was pretty sure that sometimes people who owned shops could be poor, and she didn't want to embarrass Miss Tatting if that was the case for her family. "And then you could show everyone what fun it is to own a shop! Or maybe the tasks that you have to do...is it like chores?"

Wren understood the concept, even if she had servants doing many of the things she associated with chores. And she'd grown more familiar with it while at school, since all of the servants hadn't come with her. She was glad for that. Mother must've needed all the help that she could get while she was home without the ever-helpful Wren.

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