(2026-05-08) Calm Weather At Home

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Author:	Athena
Summary:	Avrenne writes Siamus to tell him about the fulfillment of his request re: Admiralty School, and to update him on the progress and doings of their children. 780~ words. Personal Plot.
Rating:	T for Teen

Chain: Siarenne

May 8th, Year 30

Dearest and Most Respected Admiral,

I hope that this letter finds you in good health and humor, as much as can be expected in these times. We are all well at the house, and the baby is growing appropriately. You will be happy to know that we have reached the point of a large papaya or a small mango. In normal calculations, this means that the baby is approximately 28 centimeters and around 460 grams. I expect to be able to find out the sex at my next appointment in 12 days.

I have set up the scholarship, and ensured that Lieutenant R. Brynnal Baird is the first recipient. Negotiations were swift and efficient, and concluded on the same day. The paperwork was an unexpected but lovely joy to work on, and I think you will be pleased by the contract, as it favors us for control over the distribution entirely, and also ensures that we may adjust it according to changing factors in perpetuity. I expect that it will also serve as a lovely tribute to your father, and to House Fallon for the values that we uphold.

It is calm weather here at home, in both meanings of the phrase. I have been unable to make contact with the MacBrides aside from the ones who remain ensconced on their island, and yet it has also been so that we have not had any further interference from any of the family. I remain unmoved in my request that blood answers for blood, and time will not settle that debt for them.

Ery continues to grow beautifully, and her vocabulary and clarity expand by the week. We have spent time working on her running in the sand, as the exertion is healthy for a young child, and we have begun working on the rudimentary elements of swimming, including holding her breath underwater. She has subsequently learned that when in a mood of agitation that she can use that same technique of holding her breath to illustrate her frustration with circumstances. Isla has the simplest remedy when it does occur, which was discovered by a happy accident, that Ery will resume breathing if she is tickled. Her strong will is as equally applied to her work of learning how to manage a household in firm directions.

Elliot and Eamon have begun following in Ery’s bold footsteps in speaking and walking. Elliot has made attempts already at running, though he is not as stable as his sister, and more prone to falling, but he takes it in good stride and cheer. Eamon is more reluctant, and happier to walk quickly instead. I have noticed that there is more of a difference between them when we are down by the water. Elliot always seems to face the sea, and he laughs at times at nothing but the wind blowing in his face, which may be only that he is of such a temperament, and loves the water, as I likely did myself as a child. But Eamon, who does enjoy the beach, doesn’t act the same as his brother. He will play with the sand and the water, and squint into the wind, but it lacks the same attentive curiosity of Elliot. They are both fine boys, and so loving. Josiyah has been included in their games and exercises.

Isla is working on another story, this one for the Summer Festival, and she has been avidly reading the entire works of two biologists, which I think will lend a verisimilitude to her writing this next time. Otto’s garden for the children is nearly complete, and has already bloomed well in preparation. Ralaea has been training diligently with Mrs. Ebek. Finley is abroad in Outland for the moment, working on the last of his Pandaria series, but I expect him home within the coming week, to prepare for the gallery opening of it. I was pleased with the selection. There are some in particular that will give proper opportunities to discuss the most salient and relevant issues of Pandaria in both a military and mercantile perspective.

I have enclosed another crate of proper tea with this letter, as I expect that you will benefit from having an ample supply for the final stage of work on the Harbor. I think of you always, and am always proud of your work, my bold Admiral. I will cherish the thought of when you come back, as I know you will. In the meantime, you are with me every night, my dearest heliotrope.

With all my love,
Your wife,
Avrenne Esprit Fallon

The letter is accompanied by a sizeable crate of expensive black tea.