I'm not raising a thief, I'm just raising an enthusuastic boy!

No more performances.

Not that she didn't like them.

She found them surprisingly entertaining, for shunning plays all of her life.

...Although when she thought about it, that was probably something to do with there simply not being television to compare to. So-

But no!

No more performances!

She had embarrassed herself enough!

No more!

Instead they walked amidst the market stalls - food and festival games - watching the people mill about, the children run and play.

Isabelle felt her spirits lighten and she felt a spring in her step, her heart lighter in her chest.

This.

This was.

So lively.

So colorful and fun.

She'd seen a lot of suffering in Nevremia's walls. The Moonflower plague, the remains of the burning slums - which were still slowly being repaired - even the blizzard they'd endured around the time of the winter festival had been its own challenge for Nevremia to handle.