Erato had been floating about the house "working from home" today, which consisted of a few hour-long blocks of time doing editing, and then carefully judged mental breaks in between to do a bit of tidying, make some tea, put away Christmas decorations, listen to music, play with the cats... Safe to say, not much work was being done.
When someone knocked on the door, she hummed and wandered to the door, her long cotton skirt swishing pleasantly around her legs. "Aster!" she said when she opened the door, and welcomed her guest with a beaming smile. "What are you doing here? Come in!"