I realized that Martin is probably always getting Lecrinn out of trouble so here's more platonic martinhok shenanigans, this time with Baurus and Jauffre.
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Martin stepped out into the Cloud Ruler courtyard-Baurus close behind-for some fresh air and the view of the crystalline sky.
At running steps, Baurus whipped towards them, concern setting in. “What’s wrong?”
A Redguard woman ran behind him and Martin. “Save me!”
Jauffre stomped up, Martin taking a step to meet him. “Lecrinn has been pardoned of all her crimes.”
He looked nervous. “Then she’s pardoned again.”
“She went on a spree across Bruma, robbing inns and bakeries of hundreds of desserts.”
Martin looked back at her, she giving a guilty grin. He looked concerned before facing forward and down, considering. “Well, then…” looking up, he bolded his voice to sound confident, “we reimburse the inns and bakeries.”
“All of them?” he asked flatly.
He looked over the three, Martin remained unwavering, Baurus tried not to smirk as he looked impressed by how he’d handled it, and Lecrinn just looked smug. He sighed, there wasn’t much he could do now that the would-be-emperor decreed it, so he sulked off to go take care of it.
Once he was gone, Martin turned to Lecrinn. “Hundreds of desserts? Was that really necessary?”
She looked off nervously. “Some kids looked sad, so I decided to cheer them up… along with the… entire rest of the poor community.”
“Ah,” he smiled, “a noble goal then.”
“And what have you been hiding behind your back this whole time?” Baurus asked knowingly.
Martin looked confused, having not noticed.
Smirking back, she pulled out a sweetcake. “I thought the three of us could share this one.”
“Thank you,” said Martin, “but I don’t feel it’d be right for me to eat something stolen.”
“It’s not,” her smile widened, “you just paid for it.”
Baurus smirked at him. “She has you there.”
He laughed. “All right then.”
