Flowers - Olivia & Henry

[delicate_dancer]

 Olivia hadn't been with the Shepherds as long as some of the other members, but even she knew theirs was unique army with odd individuals. But she loved each and every one of them dearly, and as a result she risked life and limb in battle to protect them. One she'd come to love a little more dearly than the others was Henry - which is why she wanted to help him. She was convinced his eternally smiling face was a mask, and as a result she wanted to help him reach his real emotions - even, perhaps, help him be normal.

Today's "lesson", as she deemed it, was the proper way to express gratitude. Peaceful days were getting rarer in Ylisse, so she was pleased to find quiet time to stray from the camp and find exactly what she was looking for. As far as Olivia knew, mages like Henry needed plants in some of their works - but when she tried asking Miriel what exactly they would need, she had gone into one of those long explanations that completely went over the dancer's head. She'd just have to settle for "it looks pretty, maybe it'll be useful."

Dinner would be in another hour or so, so she made sure not to spend too long before returning to base. To be fair, she didn't know the names of the flowers that were now bundled in her arm - some were white, others were yellow, they all smelled sweetly. But she tried to be optimistic as she approached Henry's tent, hoping she wasn't interrupting him doing any creepy magic. Which, she noted, was an odd thing to hope for if she was trying to give him ingredients for creepy magic. Maybe he would just use them for decoration? Oh boy.

Olivia cleared her throat, not wanting to barge in rudely. "Um, Henry? Are you in there? I, ah, have something for you... if you'd like."

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[delicate_dancer]

"Maybe we could try to make that cake together." Olivia said with a bright smile, getting more excited for this idea with every passing second. "Two heads are better than one! If that cake is as good as this tea, then I really can't wait to give it a try. You could teach me all sorts of stuff about Grimleal cuisine."

Which sounded odd to say, but she had to admit that not everyone on "that" side was evil. They were humans, the same as her, just in a different lifestyle and following different orders.

[carryon_crow]

Ahh, Olivia's offer was filling Henry with the warm fuzzies! Like their chest was filled with tarantulas. Ooh, that'd be a good hex, better remember that. In the meantime, Henry was happy to share.

"That's right, you're from Regna Ferox, where it snows so much! Plegia shares a lot of dishes with Ylisse, but I can make some really distinctive Plegian stuff for you! There's actually a really hoppy beer that's drunk on the same feast day as the molasses cake, but since you're used to mead maybe it'd be too bitter for you?"

After growing up drinking beer and wine, Henry was startled by how sweet mead was. Pleasantly so, since they never had many human sweets as a child, and making booze sweet was a fantastic idea. Still, sometimes they missed the crisper bite of beer, especially after a long battle.