Nathan Free, Natalie Bound

For the rest of that evening, nobody came to pester me. The room was buzzing, especially over in the Freckentop corner, but I just moved within the cocoon of my own extended family and trusted the relations around me to get rid of anyone who wanted to come after me with some trivial bullshit. The word I put out was "If Natalie wanted to speak with you, she would have approached you by now". That line of argument was enough to deflect every designer who wanted to prove they're more influential than Gharie. It got rid of every scavenger that wanted a deal after the Meadwhites fled, or that thought they should get into my face to hear specifically what is going on between me and the Freckentops.