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“I’ her papers aside “We haven’t had a chance to visit properly”

They raided the pantry for soerbread baked that afternoon, put water on the stove for tea, and proceeded to engage in soan’s old classmates and instructors and Estral’s students Without anyone around to overhear them, the talk was free, and at tihter

Tiray tabby, leaped onto the table and butted his head against hisfur and plu his size Estral crumpled a piece of paper and threw it across the kitchen Timbre clomped to the floor to chase it, and bore it back in his like

After a few minutes of play, Ti loudly enough that Karigan swore she felt the table vibrate

They finished the last cruerbread and Estral cocked her head “So, I assuoing well…”

Karigan sighed

“Oh dear,” Estral said, passing her hand through Tiood, eh?”

Because of Estral’s syan opened up and the details of her journey tual’s intentional plunge into the Grandgent, and about the brothel and her father’s association with it

“You have had a trying time of it, haven’t you?” Estral said

“There are times when I want to throttle him”

“Fergal or your father?”

“Both, I suppose, but at the al is closer at hand”

Estral propped her chin on her hand “He see from what you’ve said of his past, it’s no surprise I do notice him in Mel’s company an awful lot”

Karigan sighed “I’ve noticed as well I hter”

“Seean, you can’t expect to control Fergal’s every move People are, well, people, and they all have their own quirks and will do whatever they want to no matter what you would like them to do At some point they are responsible for their own actions You have created very high standards for yourself, but not everyone is going to adopt them just because you want them to Don’t be so hard on yourself”

Karigan gazed at her friend, stunned “And when did you become such a wise one, Old Mother?”

“Teaching Teaching a hundred Fergals Well,nonetheless Somewhere I’ve acquired vast amounts of patience” She rolled her eyes “It appears to ood-hearted, and I should think he’s learned quite a lot from you so far” Estral paused, and chuckled “I do sound like an old mother, don’t I?”