Re: In a most extraordinary voice between laughing and crying...
"It's how Minor shows his Odinson love," she tried, smirking.
She listened, blinking, when Baldr mentioned Brayden's ordeal, then realized what her brother-in-law was getting at. She hadn't replied before he touched her arm and reclaimed his seat beside her. "I thank you," she said, then summoned the page to her again. "Tell my brother he can have what he asks for," she said, and the page quirked a questioning eyebrow at the queen, knowingly. "Within reason. Use your discretion."
"Very good, your majesty." Once he had gone, Zap looked back to Baldr.
"After breakfast and this little revelation, I feel like you think you know something..." Eva offered a tight-lipped smirk. "I love him," Nate, "and he loves me. It only came about recently. We worked together for a long time before I-" she sighed, feeling a little sparkle of affection in her belly, "came to see him as anything other than a very good friend. Thor gave his blessing before I spoke with Nate," for the record. Her expression was one of assured innocence. "You can stop me any time..." Baldr had a way of making her talk. At length. And listened carefully. He was obviously a witch.
"Our family is grounded, Thor said. I think we're both confident in our bond and vows - and children, that situations like this won't cause harm. The Zales had become family, on top of all that. So I think it just solidified the bond. Made us all stronger. I love Brayden like my own," her hand fell to her belly and she cradled her first daughter absentmindedly. And then a happy tear or two came and she looked with accusation to the God of Joy. "Don't get me high and then natter." Throne room no-no: he got a fly-by throne cushion to his beautiful black locks. Go to move, lately.