"I'd like to see a puppet show," Tanith decided, though her voice didn't carry any further than Valkyrie and Ghastly. "That sounds like fun. Am I allowed to agree on the 'idiot' part for that?"
"I didn't even know Rover had a will," Ghastly replied with a frown. "Dexter never told any of us. I'll join you in that sentient."
"Wife?" came Valkyrie's response, thick with disbelief and curiosity.
Ghastly smiled. "They got married during the war for an excuse to have a party. Morale was dropping, and Rover wanted to do something about it."
"So he married Dexter?"
"Got down on one knee and proposed. I saw the whole thing. I would have it on tape, if any sort of tapes existed back then."
"Is it legal?" Tanith wondered. The lack of any identical disbelief on her face told Ghastly she'd heard the story before, and he wasn't surprised. It had made the rounds before. It was probably one of the reasons Dex left to travel the world after Rover's death - people still asked about it, even now.
"Of course it's legal," he told her.
"No, wait. I don't mean legal legal. Of course it's legal. But was it legally binding?"
Ghastly smiled again. "Of course it was."
"Even back then?"
"Sorcerers have always had a very different way of looking at marriage than mortals. In all the circles that mattered, yes, even back then."
Tanith returned the smile and tilted her head so that it was leaning on Ghastly's broad shoulder. "Remind me to go through every story I've ever heard later so that I can ask you all about them."
That would make for an interesting night. Ghastly made the mental note just as Rover turned to him, and then promptly forgot all about it when he belatedly realised that he'd never even thought to ask about his mother.
It didn't matter, of course. Even now, he could practically picture her whapping him on the back of the head with a disapproving glare and informing him that his friends should always take precedence. (She'd have added herself that he was an idiot. Maybe that was where Rover was getting his current repertoire of insults from.) But a wave of guilt nearly blindsided him anyway, and he almost dislodged Tanith when he stepped forward. "You talked to her? Is she okay?"
He backpedaled when he realised what his own question was. Of course she was okay. She was in Heaven. "What has she been up to?" he amended a little awkwardly.
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"I didn't even know Rover had a will," Ghastly replied with a frown. "Dexter never told any of us. I'll join you in that sentient."
"Wife?" came Valkyrie's response, thick with disbelief and curiosity.
Ghastly smiled. "They got married during the war for an excuse to have a party. Morale was dropping, and Rover wanted to do something about it."
"So he married Dexter?"
"Got down on one knee and proposed. I saw the whole thing. I would have it on tape, if any sort of tapes existed back then."
"Is it legal?" Tanith wondered. The lack of any identical disbelief on her face told Ghastly she'd heard the story before, and he wasn't surprised. It had made the rounds before. It was probably one of the reasons Dex left to travel the world after Rover's death - people still asked about it, even now.
"Of course it's legal," he told her.
"No, wait. I don't mean legal legal. Of course it's legal. But was it legally binding?"
Ghastly smiled again. "Of course it was."
"Even back then?"
"Sorcerers have always had a very different way of looking at marriage than mortals. In all the circles that mattered, yes, even back then."
Tanith returned the smile and tilted her head so that it was leaning on Ghastly's broad shoulder. "Remind me to go through every story I've ever heard later so that I can ask you all about them."
That would make for an interesting night. Ghastly made the mental note just as Rover turned to him, and then promptly forgot all about it when he belatedly realised that he'd never even thought to ask about his mother.
It didn't matter, of course. Even now, he could practically picture her whapping him on the back of the head with a disapproving glare and informing him that his friends should always take precedence. (She'd have added herself that he was an idiot. Maybe that was where Rover was getting his current repertoire of insults from.) But a wave of guilt nearly blindsided him anyway, and he almost dislodged Tanith when he stepped forward. "You talked to her? Is she okay?"
He backpedaled when he realised what his own question was. Of course she was okay. She was in Heaven. "What has she been up to?" he amended a little awkwardly.