Monday night at Nell's and Gladio's

[mylandmyrules]

The first thing Nell did when she got home was take a long shower and change her clothes. She braided her long hair back, but left it wet to give her that added little bit of cool from the heat.

Then she cut up a wide variety of fruits, freezing some and putting others in the refrigerator for a cool treat with - or as - dinner if someone preferred. She'd also gotten a variety of sandwich fixings ready since it was a bit too hot to cook much, even with the air conditioning.

After that she put her feet up until company arrived.

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[deathsmajesty]

Liliana looked over the picture book gravely. "Mmm. Is there a lily there, perhaps?"

Not a Lili. Never a Lili. But a lily? Acceptable.

[hashtag_chocobro]

"Well, Noctra?" Prompto promptoEd, with a nod and a little nudge to his daughter in his arms. "Can you show Liliana the lily?"

Noctra blinked for a moment before giving an excited sound of recognition, bobbing her head, and flipping through the pages to proudly show off a splatter of green, purple and black scribbles.

"Biwwy!" she declares triumphantly, holding it (shaking it really) out at Liliana.

But Prompto looked a little skeptical and confused. "Are you sure? I thought those were the orchids."

"No," Noctra insisted,with a confident lift of her chin. "They're biwwies."

[deathsmajesty]

Liliana wasn't particularly fluent in toddler babble, but context clues were incredibly useful and so she had no problems affixing Prompto with a playfully superior look and sniffing, "Obviously those are lilies. Orchids are hardly so regal. Very good, sweeting," she added, giving Noctra soft tap on the nose - anyone who called it a boop would be flayed - "Your horticultural knowledge is quite advanced for your age. Is it about time you started helping out Nell in her shop?"