"I fucking knew it!" Beatrice said with the biggest smile she'd had for some time, "It's good to see you again, I always knew that death couldn't take you quite so easily. We've something in common in that regard, when an assassin failed to kill me the vermin moved on to assassinate my character yet, here we stand. I'm sorry Alex couldn't be here with me but he has a host of obligations elsewhere but I'm sure you'll be seeing him at some point. I do apologize for rambling, however, it's been so long and there's so much you missed that I feel we'd need a weekend before we covered even half of it."
"Anyway, as soon as I heard there were developments surrounding Seaforth I diverted course, and I'll be staying here to help until you either no longer require it or I annoy you into banishing me from Seaforth, we'll see which happens first. Speaking of which I've been holding onto this for a while, a sort of present for when we next saw each other. Alex was certain I was crazy but I told him that I'm usually right about these things and to trust his wife's intuition."
Beatrice removes an envelope from her purse and presents it to Joshua who, upon opening it, is greeted by a shower of confetti. 'Something nice' is written within it, "I don't need you to tell me a word, I know that the sum of each situation facing you right now is quite heavy, it would be for anyone. Whether it's rolling up my sleeves and helping on the ground, a shoulder to lean on, or just an ear to listen we can pick up the pieces together, just as I'll help you pick all of this confetti up. You knew you had it coming eventually though," she said with a playful punch to his shoulder.
"Now then, I do understand Josiah is inbound if I heard correctly? I've been....well, I haven't been around often but in those times I saw a strong reflection of you. She struggled somewhat at times but Evanthe remained strong, the stories she'd tell of you to Josiah always brightened his eyes so beautifully. To see our family reunited, I know that whatever fate tempts to throw at us it's going to be alright. Now, do you have a broom and dustpan handy?