Cherry tried not to laugh in amusement. Sunhee had frequently drawn pictures of "Mr. Bit", asking Cherry to give them to him if she couldn't do it herself. Whatever the attachment was, she found it adorable. Well, when Cherry wasn't filled awkwardness. After all, Bit was a longtime advisor for the old royal family and Cherry was best friends with Osuke. Despite her complicated relationship with the current royal family, he had always been there.
Cherry's place in Hanjeong was always questionable, even among the nymphs. There was no world she could fully belong to, but today, she could embrace that part of her culture. Unfortunately, she also got to embrace the current anti-nymph sentiments plaguing Hanjeong. And she had to look after her little saplings to make sure they'd be fine.
"Thank you for returning them to me. Clearly, she doesn't understand the concept of placing roots," she said. That was what she told the kids when they needed to stay put. "Looks like someone wanted to explore a bit early."
"Sunhee, let go of Mr. Bit," she said, firmly. The child reluctantly let go of Bit. "Now, go play with your friends." The child wandered away, albeit pouting. However, the child would forget soon enough. Kids were resilient like that. "I swear, she'll give me gray hair one of these days. Are you enjoying the revelry?"
he gives sunhee a smile and a little wave as she heads back to the other children, waving hello to some of the other children as they notice his arrival and start waving excitedly at him. at least they're happy to see him. more than he can say for some of the others at the revelry, who view him as untrustworthy, or worse, a traitor, given his... complicated history with the royal families and the humans alike.
rubbing at the frosting on his pants with a frown - blue, of all things. he'd have to spot treat it if he wanted any hope of salvaging the pair - bit hums noncommittally. "as much as i can be, i suppose." he won't bore her with the politics of the whole thing. it's not her business anyway, despite her ties to the nymph community. besides, it's enough to make his head spin, and he's used to dealing with it, so he can only imagine how convoluted it looks to any outside eyes.
"it's horribly boring of me to admit, but i think that i mostly enjoy the revelry vicariously through the planning of it, rather than through the actual event itself." not because he didn't like the revelry - quite the opposite in fact - but more so that it always meant he was especially busy, as the face for human and nymph relations. "this year that's especially true." it's not as if the anti-nymph sentiment had gone away, just because of the event, and they all could feel it permeating through the cheer and good will.
he shakes his head, however, as though to indicate he didn't want to bring the conversation down further by talking about it. "and yourself? it seems that the children are having fun, at least." it always makes things easier when they are. nothing like upset children to ruin one's day.
