Robin let out a gentle sigh. This was not the first time she had to clean up Henry's mess. Earlier that day the Shepherds received a nasty shock as the storage tent was filled with a dozen Risen arms trying to crawl their way across the floor. It was obviously Henry practicing his dark magic however, unluckily for Robin, the white haired Sorcerer had been sent by Chrom on a small task force to tackle some rogues who were getting a little too close to the camp for comfort. Therefore she was deemed responsible for his mess.
"Tell him to stop mucking about with his sorcery you're the only one he really listens to." Fredrick grumbled as Robin disintegrated the arms with her tome. "It could endanger Chrom and it puts a drain on our resources. You both end up using your tomes for the wrong reason. Tomes are for practice and fighting only not childish things."
She knew he was right. Not about disembodied Risen arm potentially hurting Chrom but about Robin being the only one who Henry would listen to. 'I'll deal with him when he gets back' she thought to herself as she walked in the direction of the food tent.
"Robin! There's a space here!" The white haired tactician turned in the direction that Sumia was calling from. Sumia was sitting with Cordelia and Maribelle away from everyone else in the tent. Sitting at the end of the table Robin listened in to the trio talk politely nodding every now and again so that they didn't think she was being rude. Sometimes she wondered how Cordelia could face being best friends with Sumia. Robin couldn't imagine what it must be like to be in love with the man who was married to your best friend.
"Now darling what are we going to do with you" Robin looked over to see all three girls staring at her.
"What do you mean?" She replied puzzled.
"Well…Robin we don't mean this in a rude way but Henry…really?" Sumia said softly casting her eye downwards not wanting to make eye contact in case she had caused offence.
"Henry isn't exactly a suitable suitor" Cordelia stated bluntly. Robin often felt uneasy around the red head. She gave off the vibe that she wasn't Robin's biggest fan after the "genius" situation.
"Darling to put it bluntly he's a cause for concern. We can't have our finest tactician spending all her time cleaning up his mess otherwise you'll be too busy to help us prepare for battle"
"I think you mean a CAWS for CAW-cern, Maribelle" Robin chuckled. Her laughter was short lived as she saw the trio stare at her partly in bemusement and horror that Henry was influencing her speech pattern. Robin groaned. This was not the first time her fellow Shepherds had tried to talk her out of her engagement to Henry. For the past month people would question what she was doing with him. She knew exactly why she was with him even if the others didn't quite understand it. He was loyal, funny and a breath of fresh air after having to spend her entire day on the battle field or helping Chrom prepare battle strategies. Ok admittedly the continuous influx of crows wasn't ideal but she was sure she had her own quirks that Henry put up with.
A shrill voice echoed throughout the tent. Everyone turned round to see Sully marching towards Robin.
"Robin sort that devil out right now! He's refusing to wash the blood off himself after that battle." She scoffed. When he first joined the Shepherds he managed to misunderstand Sully and placed a curse on her. They'd not spoken since. In the paladins defence your comrades aren't supposed to curse you. Robin stood up and made her way outside. 'How embarrassing' she could hear Vaike and Gaius laughing at her from the other side of the tent. Exiting the tent her eyes focussed on the white haired sorcerer standing in the middle of the camp. Sully had forgotten to mention that he was drenched in blood; even parts of his hair were stained red. The boy turned around and beamed as he caught his fiancés eyes.
"Nya ha! Robin look at me I'm covered in blood!"