Rren would get however much of a hug they wanted, honestly; she was in no hurry to let go herself.
"It is! Or it was. It's been rather the worse for wear for a while, but a friend and I rebuilt it just a bit ago. I've yet to remake what was in it, but... I'm enjoying the glimpse into what had been." She didn't sound entirely upset about it, though. Resigned, perhaps? She certainly hadn't lost her smile. This wasn't so much a tease to her, as it was a chance to revisit it despite events, and she appreciated it for that.
"Would you like to see around a bit?" She gestured in further, in clear invitation.
That uppermost room was apparently some kind of observatory -- visible now from the inside, the roof wasn't actually as opaque as it might have seemed. Rather than being done all in stone or wooden shingles or any other such common thing, it was finished with stained glass coming up to a point in the center, up over the few rafters, curtains that could've formed a canopy tied aside instead, to allow the sun through. There weren't any lamps on inside at all, the hints of shifting hues caused not by simple refraction through clear glass, but by a myriad of small panes fitted together, overlapping to somehow result in near white by the time it reached the floor.
There was a large table present, with papers spread out over it, and ink and quill. Someone had been noting down star positions... and it was further explained by a large telescope of some sort that sat just inside the door to the balcony, off to one side, out of immediate sight. A pile of books were sitting on the table as well, and pots of plants sat near the other huge window-like doors of the room, and hung in pots from the rafters as well, their tendrils hanging low, covered in little flowers.
It was a beautiful room, really. And offset from the center, there looked to be a stairway down, a thin, decorative wooden railing mostly enclosing the recess in the hole where it went down, more flowering plants taking advantage of its presence to use it as a trellis, decorating it as well.
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"It is! Or it was. It's been rather the worse for wear for a while, but a friend and I rebuilt it just a bit ago. I've yet to remake what was in it, but... I'm enjoying the glimpse into what had been." She didn't sound entirely upset about it, though. Resigned, perhaps? She certainly hadn't lost her smile. This wasn't so much a tease to her, as it was a chance to revisit it despite events, and she appreciated it for that.
"Would you like to see around a bit?" She gestured in further, in clear invitation.
That uppermost room was apparently some kind of observatory -- visible now from the inside, the roof wasn't actually as opaque as it might have seemed. Rather than being done all in stone or wooden shingles or any other such common thing, it was finished with stained glass coming up to a point in the center, up over the few rafters, curtains that could've formed a canopy tied aside instead, to allow the sun through. There weren't any lamps on inside at all, the hints of shifting hues caused not by simple refraction through clear glass, but by a myriad of small panes fitted together, overlapping to somehow result in near white by the time it reached the floor.
There was a large table present, with papers spread out over it, and ink and quill. Someone had been noting down star positions... and it was further explained by a large telescope of some sort that sat just inside the door to the balcony, off to one side, out of immediate sight. A pile of books were sitting on the table as well, and pots of plants sat near the other huge window-like doors of the room, and hung in pots from the rafters as well, their tendrils hanging low, covered in little flowers.
It was a beautiful room, really. And offset from the center, there looked to be a stairway down, a thin, decorative wooden railing mostly enclosing the recess in the hole where it went down, more flowering plants taking advantage of its presence to use it as a trellis, decorating it as well.
"You'd be quite welcome to...."