Samsan
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to Windom as she pours him a drink from her wineskin:
Kendra's missive took me by such surprise I regretfully did not secure one... until now. Consider the Kumis the start of your compensation.
so many... his kindness touched so many. Her eyes gloss over as tears begin to betray the smile on her face.
n'Devere turns to Drasven--still pouring--and her voice takes on the tone of a little girl imitating her father's scolding.
She sips of the Kumis and puts it away before reaching to the mulled wine with both hands so she may use one to waft the scent.
As for Saffron, the mare, she has always been so giving. When I told her I had to go say good bye to Petros, she nearly knocked me over offering a shoulder for comfort.
n'Devere then uses the raising of the goblet of wine to mask the motion of wiping tears from her face.
Still teaching, yet already gone. I think I remember the lesson. Let not who you are be the product of what you are.
