[b]"I actually enjoy social gatherings, just usually with far fewer people involved. This is... A bit much. But I'd do whatever I could to be here for Professor Finch today. She deserves that much. This is a special day for her."[/b]

Lady Agnes smiled and nodded in agreement with the sentiment. [b]"She is fortunate indeed to have so loyal a protege as you."[/b] She said. [b]"Even if I was not obligated to them, I'd gladly endure similar trials to be there for my patrons... Or rather... some of them, that is."[/b] Much like the Everhearts, the Larimars were spellcasters. But while your family were born with magic, Lady Agnes and her family bargained for theirs. It varied from Larimar to Larimar as to who or what it was they chose as their warlock patron. But if there was a being that could have magical powers haggled out of it, it was always a safe bet to say that a Larimar had done so at least once. The only exception to this rule was fiends, with whom the Larimars had a long history of mutual animosity.

For her part, Lady Agnes was sworn and beholden to the Meeting of Minds, a conclave of 9 powerful necromancers and an owl familiar who long ago partook of an arcane ritual to attain immortality by removing the brains from their bodies and placing them into jars. This arrangement was why Lady Agnes held more sympathy for your work on Flurry than most usually had. Especially when it became known that attempts to bring Flurry back through conventional means were met with failure due to the spellcasters brought in being unable to find the dog's soul.

[b]"If you would not find having some company in all of this to be a bit much, might I accompany you for a time?"[/b] Lady Agnes asked. [b]"It's been somewhat longer than usual since we last spoke, so I was hoping to see how you and Flurry have been doing... If you would simply prefer the company of yourselves though, I won't hold it against you."[/b]

As all of this went on, Flurry continued to stare off into the distance. Utterly transfixed by whatever had captured his attention.