[ Perhaps it is unsurprising to some, but Aymeric has just begun realizing how having a family causes one's priorities to shift. His responsibilities as Lord Speaker remain, but now he has a responsibility and an obligation that comes from love to think about. He may still need to work long hours and arrive home far later than he would like, but he has already begun to think of ways that he might avoid that. Perhaps some of the reports he needs to write can accompany him home so that he can finish them there. It certainly is something to consider.
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For now, however, his focus remains with his wife and their children as they progress through dinner and seeing them settled into their beds. Once that has been accomplished and Mélodie has been reassured by both of them, he looks down to see Alkaid looking back at him with her usual smile, although he notes that it is a tired one as well. ]
Well, now, what shall we do? [ He knows what he wants to do for her, but he supposes he ought to ask first. ]