?Are you sure about this??
?Well it?s not like I can go home anytime soon, and if I could what the heck would I tell my mother? Hey, that hurts! Ow! Oh, sorry about that. I mean she did poke me in the butt with that needle.?
?Stop mumbling, they?re looking at us funny.?
?Hey who cares, I can talk to myself if I want and you?re myself. Sides, it?s not like it doesn?t happen often around this place. I mean look at half the people in the city, not to mention Kerri, that Mithra.?
?Ow!?
?Okay, okay. I?m sorry for jumping, I?ll stay still.?
?You do that boy, an thanks.?
?Sorry for talking to myself like this, I?m still getting used to all of this.?
?Getting used to bein? a fidgety boy, or getting used to bein? poked by an old woman with little patience for kids who can?t stay still??
?Getting used to old women who make sense??
?That?s a good boy, you?ll go far here if you keep that in mind.?
?Thanks.?
?Course, there is something else you could learn to get used to boy.?
?What?s that??
?An old woman who has an ear for listenin? and a mouth that stays zipped.?
?Is that why Aunt Stor? I mean Storm sent me here??
?An here I thought it was because I was the best seamstress this valley had ever seen. Been makin? garments for these girls since Jenai herself was a youngling, freshly arrived with Illea. Course that was a long time ago.?
?The Lord Comman? Aunt Jenai??
?Is there any other, boy? A right original one she is, and no other tougher when it comes to family an friends? Just ask that ?usband of hers. Can?t say I know of anyone else who sacked an abbey, let alone a whole valley to get her man back. Not to mention puttin? down his own brother, too. Well cep?t maybe Storm, but she?s a special one too.?
Rafe sighed softly, and looked away a bit. The woman?s words about Jenai?s actions made the young man think of his father, who was the very man that caused all of that chaos, not to mention the chaos that surrounded Rafe himself, on his arrival to Rhydin. The man once known as Raven, and before that Jacyn Ravenlock. The seamstress realized what had happened and gently patted the young man on his leg, while she finished up.
?Sorry ?bout that, boy. Age tends to allow me to forget m?self sometimes y?know? Listen we?re done here, so take that on off an get into your other clothes, and have some tea an cake with me. Storm should be along soon, and we?ll see what she thinks of your uniform.?
?Well it?s not like I can go home anytime soon, and if I could what the heck would I tell my mother? Hey, that hurts! Ow! Oh, sorry about that. I mean she did poke me in the butt with that needle.?
?Stop mumbling, they?re looking at us funny.?
?Hey who cares, I can talk to myself if I want and you?re myself. Sides, it?s not like it doesn?t happen often around this place. I mean look at half the people in the city, not to mention Kerri, that Mithra.?
?Ow!?
?Okay, okay. I?m sorry for jumping, I?ll stay still.?
?You do that boy, an thanks.?
?Sorry for talking to myself like this, I?m still getting used to all of this.?
?Getting used to bein? a fidgety boy, or getting used to bein? poked by an old woman with little patience for kids who can?t stay still??
?Getting used to old women who make sense??
?That?s a good boy, you?ll go far here if you keep that in mind.?
?Thanks.?
?Course, there is something else you could learn to get used to boy.?
?What?s that??
?An old woman who has an ear for listenin? and a mouth that stays zipped.?
?Is that why Aunt Stor? I mean Storm sent me here??
?An here I thought it was because I was the best seamstress this valley had ever seen. Been makin? garments for these girls since Jenai herself was a youngling, freshly arrived with Illea. Course that was a long time ago.?
?The Lord Comman? Aunt Jenai??
?Is there any other, boy? A right original one she is, and no other tougher when it comes to family an friends? Just ask that ?usband of hers. Can?t say I know of anyone else who sacked an abbey, let alone a whole valley to get her man back. Not to mention puttin? down his own brother, too. Well cep?t maybe Storm, but she?s a special one too.?
Rafe sighed softly, and looked away a bit. The woman?s words about Jenai?s actions made the young man think of his father, who was the very man that caused all of that chaos, not to mention the chaos that surrounded Rafe himself, on his arrival to Rhydin. The man once known as Raven, and before that Jacyn Ravenlock. The seamstress realized what had happened and gently patted the young man on his leg, while she finished up.
?Sorry ?bout that, boy. Age tends to allow me to forget m?self sometimes y?know? Listen we?re done here, so take that on off an get into your other clothes, and have some tea an cake with me. Storm should be along soon, and we?ll see what she thinks of your uniform.?