Jorvanultumn looked into Fevionawishtensen’s eyes. “I’d better go.” He kissed her. “I’ll see you later. Coming, Diare.”


    His diare glared at him as he approached. With a shake of his head, he continued down the hall, stopping at Itra. “You can go, Itra.”


    She shook her head. “Don’t twist my words. I fully believe they’ll be helpful. I just happen to know you don’t believe that. Don’t you want to try again to convince me to go with you?”


    diare would not be so willing to speak with him—even if the Lamdritta determined he had sufficient cause to break his elispt. Davorultumn did not see it that way, and no decision from the Lamdritta would change that.


    Lamdhir?” He regretted his words almost immediately as her face fell in disappointment.


    Lamdritta now and overseeing my case, I just wasn’t sure the appropriateness…” That was a lie.


    fomase by now.


    She stepped back with a smile. “Like it?”


    “It’s personal,” she said. “I’ll tell you about it sometime. Not here though. Fly with me?”


    hpakrik and between the rows of szadan and szadene. The sun had already set, and the moon had not yet risen, so there was only the starlight reflecting off the snow and ice for light. For a few moments, they remained silent.


    Lamdritta?” Jorvanultumn asked.


    Jorvanultumn smiled. He was glad to see her like this. This was the Chiansamorkin he had grown up with, not the angry soul from two years ago. “I heard you spent time with Princess Sinit?a Alessia Deanna Folith. She asked me to pass her greetings on to you, by the way.”


    hi.” He made a point of saying it in Arnorgue.


    Lamdritta is in session, of course. And any time I’m around Griholbovroh. Or maybe not, if I feel like annoying him.” She laughed again.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    She chuckled. “You can barely use the informal with me. You definitely couldn’t do it. At any rate, I enjoyed my time with her. She’s...unusual.”


    are different disciplines.”


    elispt?”


    “She is still lucky to have you. I almost envy her, getting to travel with you for your whole elispt.” She stopped moving and plucked a needle from a szadan. “I meant it in session, you know, when I said your elispt is ridiculously hard. Personally, I won’t hold it against you if it’s determined you broke it. It’s not a fair elispt to begin with.”


    elispt?” He took the needle and bit into it. Its juice was bitter, and he grimaced. “Ugh.”


    elispt. Do you know what it was?”


    elispt, I had to find a new, more efficient way to conjure all four elements into a finished product.” She looked to him for his reaction.


    elispt wasn’t much harder than the tests my diare gave me all the time during my training. Do you know what I did? No, silly question. Of course not. I conjured my home. I originally wanted to conjure it completely furnished, but I couldn’t figure out a way to pull that off. I spent...I think it was ten days working out the movements. It was more time than I really needed, but I wanted to impress, make it as efficient as possible. Plus, I still hoped to find a way to furnish it.”


    Lamdhir at such a young age. Congratulations by the way. You were always talented. I envied you a lot.”


    diare seven years, his diare a little over ten.”


    you know your diare accomplished it? I don’t mean to suggest he’s a liar. That’s not my point. But think about it. How do you really know for sure?”


    elispt?”


    elispt.”


    He shook his head. “It is outdated, but we can’t get rid of it.”


    “Why not?”


    elispt. It’s hard on her. It would be hard on anyone.”


    siare, you know?”


    “She...she told you about this?”


    “Both,” Chiansamorkin said with a smile. “Early on, it was mostly air-writing, but I’ve since learned her signs. Have you discussed who gets the first child?”


    Jorvanultumn nodded. “She does. We decided that before I left, in case she was already pregnant. I could hardly take the child in such a case.” While they had discussed the possibility—very briefly—Fevionawishtensen had never expressed to him a strong desire to have a siare right away. She seemed content to wait. Though perhaps he was projecting like Chiansamorkin. That reminded him… “Chiansamorkin, can I ask…?”


    fomase?”


    Lamdhir at such a young age. But what good is that? I will never have a siare. People marvel at my power and expect me to be Lordhir one day, but what good is so much power if I have no one to pass it on to, no one to carry on my family legacy?” Her wings fluttered irritably. “It’s not fair.”


    She took a deep breath, then another. “No, it’s all right. I guess it’s still a bit of a sore subject for me. It’s not your fault, and I don’t blame you anymore. And you deserve to know.” She approached him and touched her forehead to his. “I should get back. See if that bent-wing, Griholbovroh has calmed down, may his wings rot in the deepest shit. I’m sorry to leave on such a…”