[ the paint is pretty unpresentable by now, having mostly dripped and smeared off thanks to gideon wiping at her face all the time with the long black sleeves of her robes. harrow would throw a fit, to see so many slivers of her unpainted skin being presented to the public like this.

actually harrow would probably also throw a fit over the crying, but it would be more like a 'you're not properly representing the honor of the Ninth House!!!' sort of fit.

she inhales deeply through her nose like a toddler who doesn't want to bother with a hankie. the sound is obnoxious, and probably on purpose. ]

Ugh, I'm not a slave, obviously. Do they let slaves carry around big fuck-off swords where you come from? I'm a cavalier.

[ helpfully, ]

You can tell by the sword.

And the colors are... well... how do I put this. It's not a preference, at all. It's absolutely not a preference. It's a nun thing? Ninth House, shadow cultists, black nuns?

[ nobody else here had recognized her paint or her super casual references to the Houses, but it's worth a shot. also he still looks a Third offshoot branch with the blond hair and the jewel-colored eyes and the looking down the nose, and it's throwing her a little bit. ]