The Selkie wrote:Having nothing bad in mind, Ayden motioned to the side.
"This way, please, Ma'am.", he said, for a moment treating her like a diplomatic guest, with the warmth and professionalism required of him. Leading her along the edge of the square, he turned to her: "Out of interest, Miss Charlie, what brings you to Old Shella?"
Waari grinned.
"That's the spirit!", she said and gave Jamie a respectful nod - they were doing a very good job in raising the girl on her shoulders, a good, honest and hard worker. "And Mam always sings best, doesn't she?", she asked Billie with a grin, "I'm sure, that she isn't even half as bad as she makes herself sound!"
Charlie followed him good spirits looking forward not only to picking a hat for herself, and she'd get one for Billie too because why not, but also just to see what insetting things they sold here. They may be on a budget but still it'd be nice to find something else to take home as a keepsake. "Oh, glad you asked!" She replied "Well we're here to celebrate with y'all. We're farmers ourselves back home, we heard this was a harvest festival. We thought it'd be great to really meet some fellow folks who share our work and passion for what we do. Tillers of the earth or harvesters of the sea. There's a little bit of a selfish reason too, we honestly could use some good karma in our lives." Charlie recounted the same story Billie told to Waari about the sudden hail storm that took them by surprise. Not as rapid fire down to every minute detail of it but the details were the same. "That's that, we figured maybe something we can do to be blessed a little more. Honestly though I feel good about being here even if things were going great, it's still nice to celebrate with people that share our callings. You know what I mean?" He seemed nice, rather like Jamie when she first fell in love with him. "I know the idea of being pious and spiritual as we are should be approached with an open but still, I just want my beloved to be happy. He feels happy and satisfied when he really provides for us and we all work hard together. The storm and the losses we had from it may not be the worst we've suffered, we've sure gone through a whole lot worse but it still did hit his spirits a little hard."
"She sure does!" Billie replied "Don't you think so papa?"
"I do babe. You'll pardon my wife for just being humble. She's got plenty of music in her."