what the future brings

Speech ─ Think

It didn't take long for the young man to respond to her call, quickly arriving and allowing her to smile as he approached. She hoped that she hadn't pulled him from anything important, but then perhaps he wouldn't have arrived so quickly or without a gathering of herbs in his possession.

"Crux, how have you been?" she asked, wanting to check in on him first. Would he give signs that he wasn't ready for a promotion, or that he was? Typically she liked to handle these things at meetings, but with Crux being the only one really putting in the effort, she felt a more private meeting would be better. The last one hadn't seemed to light any fires under anyones asses and she was quick to doubt another one would.

blended with beauty and blessed by the divine