[ A gentle and knowing smile touches her face then. One that should say it plainly: she rather dislikes going to bed for the night without him. They've spent far too much time apart in the past that it causes her disliking to sleep by herself. Her sister and her had always a space until G'raha attended the Scions. She then took to sleeping on her own so the two might bond and hopefully work past the rather strange blockade they've put between themselves.

Alkaid tilts her head to lay it on the top of his shoulder. Her gaze moves back to the unfinished parchment in front of him. Fingers begin to caress the skin on the hand he does not write with. ]

The children went to sleep with no issue, but, I imagine that they will want their own rooms shortly. While they are not that far apart in age, they've begun to squabble over nighttime habits. [ Alkaid smiles gently before glancing up at him, saying she finds it rather amusing. ] I'm fine for now, Aymeric. Please don't worry so much.

[ Then, she nods to the paper. ] What proposal requires such late nights?