It answers a lot of questions about why the people of Ravka are so angry with the royal family.

[ simply enough, though she does grin a little at the petition suggestion. she imagines you have to be rather important, to meet the king, and she just isn't. but she spends the rest of the dinner answering questions about ravka, and what she knows about nikolai. the dinner ends with them both warm and full, and they walk back to the apartment.

the snow has picked up a bit, and it's very apparent that tomorrow is going to be a snow day. the snow is accumulating quickly and is becoming heavy and sticky - perfect snowball weather, and inej is sorely tempted at least once to try her luck at hitting kaz with one, but she resists the urge.

by the time they both get back home and changed into clothes that aren't covered in snow, inej is intent on curling up on the couch with a warm blanket. which is exactly what she does, draping the blanket over them both as she slides in next to him, sighing in comfort. ]

Snow is horrible.

[ she decides, rubbing her hands together to spark some amount of warmth back into them. ]

It looks beautiful, but I think I appreciate it more when I look out of the window.