Why, you sly minx! You didn't give a hint of your recipient at dinner. Well played, madam. :D
And what a story! Always love an in medias res opener like that. There's an unhappy timelessness about the powerful taking what they want from the powerless, and you captured it well. At least Sinclair provided Viggo with the means to discover another world - and almost, it felt to me, another reality. I felt that from the moment I read the description of the rose-clock, like I'd slipped sideways into a delicate, magical place.
Viggo was excellently persistent in finding the craftsman of the piece, and I adored that Sean was a gardener. Even the shop had a sort of otherworldly feeling to it, and the discovery of the dainty little mechanical flora and fauna was gorgeous. So cool to have the two of them come together in an intertwining of passions, and extraordinary beauty. You painted this whole thing brilliantly, and I just love it to pieces. Thank you so, SO much!
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And what a story! Always love an in medias res opener like that. There's an unhappy timelessness about the powerful taking what they want from the powerless, and you captured it well. At least Sinclair provided Viggo with the means to discover another world - and almost, it felt to me, another reality. I felt that from the moment I read the description of the rose-clock, like I'd slipped sideways into a delicate, magical place.
Viggo was excellently persistent in finding the craftsman of the piece, and I adored that Sean was a gardener. Even the shop had a sort of otherworldly feeling to it, and the discovery of the dainty little mechanical flora and fauna was gorgeous. So cool to have the two of them come together in an intertwining of passions, and extraordinary beauty. You painted this whole thing brilliantly, and I just love it to pieces. Thank you so, SO much!