The distance from the Clearer Skies Society headquarters to the Warden Patrician's current residence was not nearly as far as the distance from the Yecine main estate to a little private home had been. Once clear of the bulk of the cheering crowd, the tall blonde with a small brunette folded over one shoulder stopped looking like a triumphantly exiting couple and started reading instead as… a willing abduction in progress. A thin distinction.
"Where are you taking me, you bold scoundrel?"
"Can you not loudly say those words while tickling the back of my neck?"
"I could… but where would the fun be *now* in holding my dramatics back?"
