"I'm fine! I'm fine!" He laughed, bordering on loopy alongside his giddiness from the post-party endorphins.
But boy, he was happy to be rid of the extra layers. The scarf he looked over before he folded it and went to hang it up. He lingered upon the sight of it, noticed he was gathering a small collection of cozy knit things. Alastor had been the busiest bee...
...Didn't he need a break, too?
"So! What'd you think? I get a few invites like this a year, but there's definitely more after the ceasefire. Don't need to respond to all of them of course, but answering some leads to a feeling of 'busy schedule, who got picked, wow wow, you're lucky' than answering none saying 'absent king' or 'we're being ignored'."
He shrugged helplessly. "It's a balance I've managed to strike over the centuries. I push it more some years, and in others I go a little light. Though... er... obviously, we're going to get into a bit of a light year or two coming up."
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But boy, he was happy to be rid of the extra layers. The scarf he looked over before he folded it and went to hang it up. He lingered upon the sight of it, noticed he was gathering a small collection of cozy knit things. Alastor had been the busiest bee...
...Didn't he need a break, too?
"So! What'd you think? I get a few invites like this a year, but there's definitely more after the ceasefire. Don't need to respond to all of them of course, but answering some leads to a feeling of 'busy schedule, who got picked, wow wow, you're lucky' than answering none saying 'absent king' or 'we're being ignored'."
He shrugged helplessly. "It's a balance I've managed to strike over the centuries. I push it more some years, and in others I go a little light. Though... er... obviously, we're going to get into a bit of a light year or two coming up."