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[ She has been told (firmly) to behave herself for the first few days after her resurrection. That hasn't really stopped her but her thoughts do cast to her favourite Sorceress, enough to send her a message while she's idling about. ]

Yen, my darling, do you ever miss when we shared a bed?

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[ it’s not often that yennefer willingly lets other people into her head, but with the tether that connects the void-touched, sometimes she doesn’t have a choice.

that said, peony is a more welcome presence than others. ]

You were a much better bed partner than others I’ve had. Certainly less snoring.

[ the amusement is there, in her voice, a clear indication that she’s teasing. ]

Far more compact as well.

[ Although she could put an octopus to shame with how clingy she was at the best of times. ]

I miss it.

You really were very kind to share with me for all of that time. Did I tell you I have a house now? It's cute. The farmers put it together for me.

There’s rarely anything worse than a bedhog.

[ but she hadn’t complained, and not merely because peony had also occasionally — well, more than occasionally — taken on responsibilities in the kitchen. ]

Do you? With a bed more than large enough to accommodate potential guests, I hope.

It could fit four of me. I don't think I've seen a bed so large in a long time.

[ Which was exactly what had prompted Peony to start thinking about copying up to Yennefer. There was a lot of space in this bed. Enough to make her realise how the absence of another body made her feel. ]

It'll soon be the season of rest. All the more reason to nest down. I won't be able to sleep in my den soon.

Careful, you’re likely to make my bed jealous.

[ even if hers is plenty large and accommodating, thanks to the new frame sweeney had constructed. ]

Because of winter? [ and all of the living things sleeping through the season, she suspects. ] What do you do to prepare?

Yes, I found last year very strange. I kept accidentally waking up the vegetation around me.

[ The trials and tribulations of trying to figure out this fey thing on her own. ]

I later realised that most of my Summer Court kin spend the Autumn and Winter months in the feywild so they don't impact the growth cycle of the earth. That isn't really an option for me here so I will merely have to be careful about not going to my den too often elsewise I might ruin everything with over-growth.

A problem I can safely say I've never encountered.

Is there anything you need to make the passage of winter a little more bearable?

Winter does give me an unfortunately grim humour, I'm afraid.

Try to coax me out of my nest every so often for daylight and try not to take my impending grump too seriously.

I'm really rather used to dealing with grumps.

Daylight exposure does sound simple enough. If it proves particularly elusive, I can always recreate it to an extent.