Daniil brushed fingers over the petals of the myriad of plants and she took note of the variations of how they felt under her fingers, some soft and some rough. Reminds me of people. The Gods make some soft and some not so soft. And then there are people like me who are a mix of the two. she thought to herself as she walked besides her cousin. Her mix often caused sour feelings in her family, most of which, wanted and likely prayed to Lady Athena begging her to come to her senses while Daniil fought against it with nearly every bone in her body. She would continue fighting until someone either came to their senses or she agreed to compromise, whichever came first.

Daniil knew that in the end she would have to converse that the end result would be that she would have to marry someone that Pavlos chose for her and the chance that her suitor would frown on her arms lessons more then likely.

I want to marry for love. I am not some good cow to be sold off for its meat, to the highest bidder. I would likely bite my buyer in the rear. Daniil thought with wry amusement.

"True though no harm in dreaming right? Who knows maybe Lady Aphrodite will bless one of us with that possibility. Keep hope Cousin" Daniil said with a smile. Yes a lot would depend on how Elena and Agathe made matches, as far as her own future was concerned, but in the mean time she could hope and dream, and she would do just that!

Daniil waked with her cousin, her mind tumbling with hopes and dreams as she moved and barely paying attention to her surroundings now that there were no more flowers to run under her hands.

The words of the servant quickly snapped her back to reality and she found herself smiling at the man while she braced for some kind of lecture from her father, but she also knew him well enough to know that he would not do anything in public.

She was still smiling when father and daughter were reunited. Daniil turned and dropped a graceful curtsy to her cousin. "Thank you for taking the time to show me the gardens Your Highness. I will send the cuttings we discussed soon."

Then she moved to her father's side and the pair moved off to start their journey home.