An Evening In

[Valentina Audley]

"It wasn't your fault darling. Francis... Never shied away from a fight. He wouldn't have missed that one for the world."

It's that thought, combined with the comforting words of the others that brings Valentina slowly, back to herself.

Eventually she wipes her eyes and gives them a small, shaky smile.

"Perhaps we could talk on something else?"

She tilts her head, trying to think of anything at all that wasn't Francis.

"Elder Beaufort, why did you wish to know about Elder Stone?" At this point Valentina doesn't overly care, but it's a topic of conversation.

[Manacledairman]

[Valentina Audley]

The distraction is doing her good. Her aura has calmed and she's picked up the tie to start sewing again.

"Gracious me, really?" She rapidly tries to think up who are the Ventrue in Aquae Sulis. "Why don't they like him? I mean... He's so quiet?"

Mind you, in Valentina's book that might be why at least some of them don't like him. Helen and Violet are not exactly fans of calm and quiet as far as she could tell.

[Manacledairman]

[Valentina Audley]

There's no polite way to tell an Elder the young of his clan are uppity little snots in your opinion, so Valentina refrains. Well mostly.

"I, ah, hesitate to mention this Elder Beaufort, but the neonates in Aquae Sulis, from all the clans.... They don't seem to be the most mannerly bunch. One can only assume it's a sad by product of the uncertainty in the Domain since the night of fires."

She pulls a face and shrugs ruefully.

"Last Elysium, they were having a neonate only meeting... It's certainly not how I remember it from my days as a youngling."

[Manacledairman]

[Lady Grace]

Grace had been keeping her council and quietly listening but at mention of the 'fires she returns to her seat.

"Its difficult for Elders to be everywhere at once, which requires attentive neonates. Luckily for me that is certainly the case with the Brujah but it takes work on both sides to achieve that."

[Valentina Audley]

She laughs lightly. "I'd ask if you could find time in your schedule for the Toreador neonates, but well... We don't seem to have any badly behaved ones, any more."

She shrugs, half amused half bemused.

[Lady Grace]

Grace smiles, "I have been accused of being in the wrong clan, on more than one occasion. I can only conclude those people have never seen me angry, which I am far too often,"

"But yes, you can't just say 'follow and then not lead."

[Manacledairman]

Aldrich smiles "Funny i've never been accused of such a thing" he says tongue firmly planted within his cheek.