( A kindness to Kieran is certainly a surefire method of winning her approval - he is not unfriendly, but a solemn boy, who shakes Louis' hand and shows them as they fall in step toward the house his purchases. Gwenaëlle lets the discussion of politics and rifts and the Inquisition lapse for the duration, affectionate with Kieran and patient through his explanations of what he is going to carve this into and that the paint is for his soldiers and he has a new stand, also, for the articulated dragon in his room.

(She may be somewhat prone to outrageously spoiling him.)

The residence they come to is a comfortable one; Kieran excuses himself with his treasures, Hardie following after him after a nudge from Gwenaëlle, and she considers Louis thoughtfully for a few moments before erring on making the secondary impression of her home a bit less confrontational than some find the library and its...artwork...and leading him instead to the walled garden where she also spends much of her time.

Her household has the air of being somewhat accustomed to eccentricity in their mistress, and her choice of guests; she observes- )

Thranduil, who you'll come to know as the division head for research, also lives here, though I think he's at his office currently. You can't miss the man, he's two of me high and an elf.