A very pissed off Clarke is kidnapped and dragged to Lexa in Polis (not by Roan.) Seeing Clarke's state of mind, Lexa enforces an ancient clan law that protects highly esteemed warriors (like Wanheda) when they show signs of mental illness or PTSD...
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The fifth time her mind goes back to her conversation with Nann, Lexa closes her book with a sigh. Her mind just wouldn't relax enough to let her enjoy reading. It kept revolving around questions on when to wean Clarke off some of the sleeping herbs to allow the girl to start working through these dreams of hers. Which just led to her intellectually jumping to what activities to do with the girl to help her fully untangle and recognize them.
'Should I do art stuff with her since she seems to love it so much?' Lexa ponders. 'Will the dreams just cause more misbehavior and unstable emotions? And what about the voices?' she begins to fret.
Quietly Lexa gets up from her reading chair and walks over to the library. Picking through a few archives and books and settling at her desk to do some research. Her acute hearing notices Nann's footsteps in her Throne room. So, Lexa picks up the book she is reading on trauma counseling activities and walks to the throne room as well. It seems the elder had put together a snack tray for the blonde and was delivering it on a tray for Lexa to gather.
"Find anything good?" The sweet old woman inquires about Lexa's book. She had already suspected her girl would be ruminating about any and everything regarding the situation 70 times over by now. Lexa sits down with Nann showing her some of the things she read that looked interesting. "Trust your instincts my Lexa. You know the girl better than anyone right now. Your heart will know what to do, just learn to trust it." Rolling her eyes, she looks back at the book. Nann made it sound so easy when it clearly wasn't.
Chuckling Nann claps Lexa's back, "you are thinking something into a problem that isn't even a problem yet my girl." Sitting next to Lexa and resting her hand on the brunette's knee. "If you think you should take her off the sleeping herbs to allow her demons to work themselves out then do it. Try it a little at a time and see what happens. If it doesn't go well then just put her back on them until you think she is ready to try again."
Wide stunned green eyes hit the sweet old woman's brown ones, "How did you..."
With a wide smile spreading on her face Nann laughs, "because I know you, my girl." Clapping Lexa's knee a few times then standing to gather the lunch dishes and such. "Now, stop worrying and gather the poor thing's snack before she wakes," the old woman grins as she collects. "And don't forget to tell me what she does when she tastes the cheese." Nann winks before leaving the room.
Laughing she looks under the cover at the tray. Lexa should have known this was why she was delivering a snack tray for the blonde. Usually, she just put together whatever the girl had not eaten from lunch for a snack. Nann apparently had other ideas she wanted to test out on the blonde. Viewing a variety of cheese cubes, nuts, and dried fruit, she smirks. Then begins throwing quite an assortment of each into a bowl for the girl.
Seeing a baby bottle on the tray has Lexa feeling relieved. She wasn't sure how she was going to get the girl to drink anything without paint splatter on it at the moment. The bottle was perfect for this. Opening it, she sniffs and smells fruit juice with some of those nutritional herbs in it. Leisurely she strolls to the hidden chamber to place the snack for the girl to eat as she finishes her painting this afternoon. Lexa had a feeling her little painter will be insufferable the minute she woke up, just like she had been this morning.
