[Filter: Debby]





I'm sorry.

[Filter: Private]

She's counting on you, Quinn. Brothers do this sort of thing for their sisters, right?


...and stop worrying about them being angry! If you address them clearly and don't make a fool of yourself they can't get too mad, right?

[Filter: Debby]

I'm going to talk to them. About you and Ariel...I can't promise anything about them changing their minds, but I'll try, okay?

[Filter: Mother and Father]

May I have a moment of your time?

[Filter: Private]

I don't know...! Father will just get angry at me again and I can't have that, he's already so disappointed in me as it is. And Mother, how can I


...no, I have to be a man about this! Only a child is afraid of his parents, right? ...no, of course not, but Mother and Father are so kind, how could anyone fear them?! Oh, I don't know!

I just don't wanna make things worse! Debby deserves to be happy, but what if she keeps thinking it's okay to miss meals and come in late and disobey?

Argh, what do I do...

[Filter: Private]

Ohhh, what should I do? I'm still afraid of upsetting Father again by contradicting what he and Mother say, but I...I just don't see anything so bad about it! Sure, Debby made some bad choices but she's made mistakes before she even met Ariel, and Ariel may not be very proper but she's a nice girl and Debby really likes her!

I just-I want my little sister to be happy. She's such a sweet girl and she tries so hard...

[Filter: Private]

...Mother and Father were right, of course, but still, it doesn't seem fair that Debby couldn't see her friend even for a little bit on the Festival.

Heh, but it's not my place to be questioning this stuff, right?

[Filter: Philippa]

How was your Festival, love? Did my presents get there on time?

[Filter: Private]

Ohhhh what right did I have to think this would go well at all?! Father is right to be angry at me, Philippa would be so ashamed if she knew about this...

[Filter: Philippa]

Happy birthday, love!

[Filter: Private]

Two weeks!! Ohh, and every time I think I'm closer to finished I find something I missed, argh!

...all right, calm down, Quinn. Don't freak out like you did last time, you can't afford to abandon this painting.

[Filter: Private]

Hah...every time I think it's close to finished I find something else...! And this has to be absolutely perfect, too, if I want to win back Nallen's good graces!

...I won't freak out again, not like last time. Right?!

[Filter: Private]

Wow, this painting looks better and better every day...

[Filter: Private]

...I know on some level she's right, I even told Mother just as much that time. But still, they really do want what's best for us, they're not jerks.

[Filter: Private]

Looking better and better! Huh, Debby was right, though, it does look kinda neat when it's just half-done...

[Filter: Private]

Well, it's halfway finished and so far it looks as beautiful as it should...

I wonder if it'll help make up for what happened? I still feel so awful for what happened, and I don't want them to be mad at us forever!

[Filter: Philippa]

Hey...! How have you been lately, love?

[Filter: Private]

Okay, here goes...

[Filter: Lord Thomas and Lady Tessa]

Er, I had a thought recently...

[Filter: Private]

Ohhhh and after she went to all that trouble and I bet my roses didn't even get there in time either!!!

[Filter: Philippa]

[there is a very detailed color sketch of roses here]

Just in case my real ones didn't get to you on time, which they should have because I sent them extra-early! Happy Rose Day~!

Hmm...it's been a while since I last painted anything new.

[sketches of tree branches and doves here and there]

[Filter: Philippa]

Er...hi, love! I'm sorry I haven't written in so long...it feels like forever since we last saw each other, doesn't it?