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[cache_coeur]

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[maellum]

We should paint the walls. The white is depressing.

[cache_coeur]

We can start with your room. What colour would you want?

[maellum]

[The room that's supposed to be hers, or the one she shares with Gustave? What was an unspoken temporary arragement isn't really one she wishes to change anytime soon. Especially after the fog.]

Let's start with YOUR room. What color speaks to you so much that you want to see it the moment you wake up?

[cache_coeur]

[Sciel had left it vague for that reason, but she has her answer nonetheless.]

Bright sunshine yellow would do for sure.

[maellum]

That suits you. You remind me of sunshine.

[cache_coeur]

You are so sweet.

The first flowers my husband ever brought me were yellow. Before that I preferred green.

[maellum]

It's just true.

I think I would choose green. And maybe we should keep flowers around.

[cache_coeur]

We do have a balcony. We could grow a little, too. If we planted irises in the next few weeks, they’d bloom in the spring.

[maellum]

I don't know anything about growing things... could you show me?

[cache_coeur]

Of course. What else would you want to grow? There’s lots we could pack in before it gets cold.

[maellum]

Can I just name colors?

[cache_coeur]

Sure. I can think of something to match.

[maellum]

I like purple. We should have yellow, too.

[cache_coeur]

Irises would add some purple. Or lavender, or campanula. Daffodils for yellow.

[maellum]

We can have our very own Hanging Garden, no?

[cache_coeur]

We could. I wonder if we could just build one on the roof. Then everyone could enjoy it.

[maellum]

Why not? People do go up there often enough.

Gustave would help, I'm sure.

[cache_coeur]

If it wasn’t built for it, it might damage the building. Gustave could figure out drainage in a heartbeat, I’m sure, but who knows if he wants to return to his aquafarming days.

[maellum]

[Oh. Right. Drainage... see, this is why Sciel would be the lead on this project.]

Are you saying you think he'd say no?

[cache_coeur]

No, just that he’s Gustave. It would be alright if he wanted to do something new, instead of reinventing what’s already been done.

[maellum]

I think his feelings might be hurt if we didn't at least ask if he wanted to be involved. At least a little.

[cache_coeur]

Don’t worry, we’re going to ask. He’ll probably say yes.

[He loves the gardens so much, after all, perhaps more than any of them.]

But he wouldn’t be Gustave if he didn’t have a hundred projects on the go :) We may need to rope in Lune to keep him focused.

[maellum]

I've been wondering how long it will take for his work area to turn into a work room.

Only if Lune agrees. That's hard work.

[cache_coeur]

A few months, if we’re lucky. But whenever he takes on his own bedroom, he can clutter it up however he likes.

[maellum]

[Why did you have to say it like that, Sciel! Maelle feels the embarrassment slam into her like a wave.]

Just as long as there's a path in to remind him to eat.