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[Very early in the morning, Gregor can be found in the back yard of house 60, carefully snipping a bit of black hair and setting it into a brazier he found for specifically this purpose. He adds a carefully constructed hatchwork of rosewood dowels. Two sprays of a perfume he found that smells a little like he remembers her wearing. Lastly, a white winter flower, waxy and perfect and elegant.

Twenty-one years ago on this day, Princess Kareen Vorbarra was killed.

The offering in the brazier burns quickly, thanks to the perfume, and with little smoke until the delicate white flower atop the pile withers and blackens.]

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[It's not often that one gets to see someone making an offering, a small ritual in memory of someone they lost. Or maybe it's just that most people, like Ikki himself, do those things in secluded places as far away from privy eyes as it's possible. Normally a backyard would fit as a place for those things, but when the backyard points to the forest... It's not as private as it could be.

Ikki was returning from a morning walk with his young wolf when he spots Gregor. He doesn't interrupt, but he makes no move or attempt to leave the scene either, instead choosing to lean against a tree and wait until the other is done, eyes closed as he patiently waits. Close enough to be noticed if someone looks to the forest, far enough to not "intrude" with just his presence, at least until it's noticed.]

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[Gregor does glance up occasionally at Ikki, but relaxes when he sees there is no intention to intrude. When he finishes, dumping the brazier and picking it up, he gives Ikki a little wave.]

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[He hopes that wave means that he's done, if not... Too bad. He tried to not intrude and bother more than he had already done accidentally. As Ikki pulls himself away from the tree, his pet is ahead of him, having taken the wave as a hint as well, or rather, as an invitation judging by the way the animal makes a beeline towards Gregor.

On his part, Ikki chooses to just stand at the edge of the back yard.]

Are you always an early bird?

[Or is it because it was a special occasion? He doesn't particularly ask about the occasion, though, that's Gregor's business.]