[h2]Tyaethe and Lilianna[/h2]

"I'll do it," Tyaethe volunteered, motioning for the other woman to [i]hurry up and put the girl down[/i], "I couldn't see what they're doing properly anyway."

Plus she had a few advantages when it came to getting along with children.

"Fine. No giving her any more food, though," Lilianna answered, carefully putting the four-year-old down... who chose to continue staring up at Tyaethe with wide eyes, munching on the pastry with a serious expression. 

Eventually, the girl broke her silence to state, with all apparent solemnity, "You don't [i]look[/i] like an old lady."

Not that this seemed to bother Tyaethe, and she was happy to lead the only person younger-looking than [i]she[/i] was away, being considerably more chatty than she was with the vast majority of the other knights. Which left Fleuri alone with Lilianna, who was watching the fighters with her arms crossed.

"Of course I wish to watch. As long as that child doesn't overthink things, she has no excuse to lose against any of her peers. If she does, it seems her training was less complete than I expected, and I will [i]not[/i] permit our captain to be incompetent."

[@Crimson Paladin]