Bourne was still deep in "tea" with his daughters when Cedrych came running up, brandishing a toy in his hands. Bourne let out an exaggerated "oof" as he allowed Cedrych to fling himself into his arms, holding him in his lap.
"You naughty boy," Hera scolded her older brother.
"You should sit at the table," SigrĂșn added, scowling seriously, but handing her brother an empty teacup.
"Father, look what I found!" Cedrych chirped, ignoring his sisters (except for sticking his tongue out at them. Tea party indeed). "Do you like it?"
"I do like it, very much," Bourne said brightly, turning it over in his hands. He remembered seeing it in the bazaar in Valhalla, and thinking Cedrych would like it. Hera cleared her throat, and Bourne jumped, guiltily, and took another imaginary sip of the imaginary tea. Thankfully, what little royal training he had had, had equipped him to carry on two competing conversations at once. If the participants each allowed him to, that is.