Marian really does not doubt the work of Amy and Perry. And there is something in the nicknames the drags up the memory of 'Mary,' from what feels a while ago now. She nodded more solemnly, glancing above the woman's head at the picture. In a room where so many would see it, and her, and Amethyst.

"The many importance's that come with the keeping of appearances."

The necessary loyalties and loves and duty that put them there.