[ his eyes are on her - that much she can feel even in that brief moment. that he watches her, and that there's something on his mind, but that nothing eventually comes of it. she's grown up learning what those looks are supposed to mean and how she can bend them to her advantage, a skill aretuza was quite clear in teaching and making sure each and every one of their sorceresses learned to access.
but there's nothing she wants to take advantage of, really. it's enough that he's here, that he didn't disappear like the rest of them. thancred says the queen sees this as a slight against her and yennefer lets out a quiet huff of a laugh. ]
If there's one way to get the royal horses moving, it's to slight the Ellya's pride.
[ which she perhaps shouldn't be so easy to comment on while still within the castle walls - but again, the wards, and a kind of subtle way to prove just how much she trusts istredd's magic. but that's not really something she's spoken to thancred about, what with everything that has gone on between them since the attack, and now?
she was the one to bring up ikorr, after all. she can't be all that surprised when he asks about the meeting. a part of her does recognize that unsteady ground, and that's the part of her that still for a fraction of a moment. and it is only a fraction, barely anything at all, before the larger and more powerful part of yennefer realizes it doesn't really matter to her anymore. not with everything going on, not with more than half their numbers simply gone and with no real way to know where. ]
The meeting itself was all politics. Niceties and smiles and a bottle of wine. [ yennefer sits up a bit, then, though she leaves her arms resting on the table - her eyes on her hands. ] They allowed up a sample of sap, which has turned out to be a wealth of alchemical use; heightened healing potions, keeps food fresher for longer periods of time, enhance the hardiness of our beasts of burden, and strengthen wards, among...well. I'm not quite sure. [ she glances to thancred, then gestures to the frankly chaotic state of her classroom, a place where she has not actually held classes for some time. ] I've been experimenting with it since then, but I have managed to handle the process to imbue healing potions. And that had been my main motivation for making contact, in addition to trying to heighten Stephen's location spells. [ at which point yennefer stills again, thought not for anything thancred has done, but over the simple fact she has once again reminded herself of her own limitations. of something she would have once been able to actually do, and now can only act - at best - as some sort of assistant. ]
no subject
but there's nothing she wants to take advantage of, really. it's enough that he's here, that he didn't disappear like the rest of them. thancred says the queen sees this as a slight against her and yennefer lets out a quiet huff of a laugh. ]
If there's one way to get the royal horses moving, it's to slight the Ellya's pride.
[ which she perhaps shouldn't be so easy to comment on while still within the castle walls - but again, the wards, and a kind of subtle way to prove just how much she trusts istredd's magic. but that's not really something she's spoken to thancred about, what with everything that has gone on between them since the attack, and now?
she was the one to bring up ikorr, after all. she can't be all that surprised when he asks about the meeting. a part of her does recognize that unsteady ground, and that's the part of her that still for a fraction of a moment. and it is only a fraction, barely anything at all, before the larger and more powerful part of yennefer realizes it doesn't really matter to her anymore. not with everything going on, not with more than half their numbers simply gone and with no real way to know where. ]
The meeting itself was all politics. Niceties and smiles and a bottle of wine. [ yennefer sits up a bit, then, though she leaves her arms resting on the table - her eyes on her hands. ] They allowed up a sample of sap, which has turned out to be a wealth of alchemical use; heightened healing potions, keeps food fresher for longer periods of time, enhance the hardiness of our beasts of burden, and strengthen wards, among...well. I'm not quite sure. [ she glances to thancred, then gestures to the frankly chaotic state of her classroom, a place where she has not actually held classes for some time. ] I've been experimenting with it since then, but I have managed to handle the process to imbue healing potions. And that had been my main motivation for making contact, in addition to trying to heighten Stephen's location spells. [ at which point yennefer stills again, thought not for anything thancred has done, but over the simple fact she has once again reminded herself of her own limitations. of something she would have once been able to actually do, and now can only act - at best - as some sort of assistant. ]