[They're in Nocwich a few days before Petra is able to join in all of the fussing in earnest. After the avalanche they had encountered on the way back‐ and the very near thing of her almost being swallowed up by it completely— she had been under strict orders to rest alongside so many of the returned, despite her protests. Hilda had been firm in her instruction, and Petra had been forced to admit that though her injuries were not as obvious as many of the others', the time to rest, recover and drive the chill from her very bones had been much needed.
The moment she is able to be on her feet without being met with too much resistance, however, she is quick to busy herself— though not yet fit to stand guard, she can certainly see to helping get food and drink to patients, though there is one patient in particular she wishes to check in on before busying herself elsewhere.
She approaches Claude's bedside with a mug in hand, wordlessly inviting herself to take a seat on the edge of the bed as she offers a fond smile, setting the mug down on the little table beside him so that she can reach out to lay a hand against the line of his jaw, curling her fingers into the scruff of his unkempt beard.]
You know, I am thinking I could get used to this. It is being very stateley.
— petra
The moment she is able to be on her feet without being met with too much resistance, however, she is quick to busy herself— though not yet fit to stand guard, she can certainly see to helping get food and drink to patients, though there is one patient in particular she wishes to check in on before busying herself elsewhere.
She approaches Claude's bedside with a mug in hand, wordlessly inviting herself to take a seat on the edge of the bed as she offers a fond smile, setting the mug down on the little table beside him so that she can reach out to lay a hand against the line of his jaw, curling her fingers into the scruff of his unkempt beard.]
You know, I am thinking I could get used to this. It is being very stateley.