The blonde teenager could sense the conflict in her cute wife, even if she didn't fully understand the source. She could feel 'reluctance' and 'pride' on the tips of her spiritual sense tendrils and pulsing out of the fragment near her heart. After mulling over the warring feelings while taking a few sips of the tea prepared for her, she looked up and quickly added.
"Just a small portion."
The feelings under review fluttered as if she was on the right track. Noticing the opening, the tall girl sincerely pressed that advantage like she had been trained to do… in combat.
"Enough to show our appreciation, but not so much that it would impact your cultivation plans."
The brunette's face remained expressionless, but her mint eyes shone just a bit as she corrected her husband-wife in monotone.
5 of 5! Late, but more per day than I *usually* post? On average. I'm really, really going to plan priv things better my next book. I promise. Trust me!
(I probably won't. I know I won't. You know I won't. Won't means NOTHING out of my typing fingers!)
Anyway, I loved writing every chapter. This one... was in an odd place of 'continuation' of the one right before and meant to be 'setup' for the following chapter. Only, it got too long. And then the next chapter that was supposed to be Part B also got too long.
This chapter was MEANT to just be "Oh hey, lets give them the Amber and send a letter with your bird while sipping tea and flirting." I've really been on a streak where what used to feel like half a usual chapter's worth of an idea in my head ends up turning out much bigger.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
I guess it depends on if the readers (you) see it as too much filling and not enough content. Feel free to complain! Or praise. But complaints are good too.
I eat all the comments like Elua eats Voidling ash. It is ALL Author Physique sustenance! (Come to think of it, this is kind of foreshadowing the next chapter? Sort of. I'm impressionable!)