As always Zelda had been working on something. She looked up when she heard Kaji’s voice, not realizing he had been there before then. Her bright blue eyes looked dulled and there were dark circles beneath them. She pushed at her eyes with the palm of her hand as if she had been drifting to sleep in the middle of cleaning.

“Of course.” Her voice and expression was even and without her hopeful tone. She placed the broom in her hand against the wall and then moved deeper into one of the rooms.

“Would you like tea or Wine?” She wanted to keep herself moving or her hands occupied and cups helped. She usually drank tea but Asheila had left a collection of wine at the observatory.