Roen pursed her lips to suppress a grin.
“I will do what I can,†she said quietly with a nod. “And...as for a dance,†she chuckled as she rose. “Perhaps. It has been many cycles since I took my last lesson.†Roen tried to recall when it was that she danced last. Reminiscence of her younger years did not seem to bring with it a melancholy, as she feared it would. She wondered if it was the honest company she was sharing it with. Daegsatz did not seem to be the kind to pass judgement on people.
She glanced at him bent over another parchment and told herself to bring plenty more sheafs of parchment. And ink. It seemed to bring the Roegaydyn a measure of peace, even while jailed.
Perhaps on the morrow I could have an exciting tale about how Nero and I retrieved some supplies for the refugees, Roen mused as she signaled for the guard.
“I will do what I can,†she said quietly with a nod. “And...as for a dance,†she chuckled as she rose. “Perhaps. It has been many cycles since I took my last lesson.†Roen tried to recall when it was that she danced last. Reminiscence of her younger years did not seem to bring with it a melancholy, as she feared it would. She wondered if it was the honest company she was sharing it with. Daegsatz did not seem to be the kind to pass judgement on people.
She glanced at him bent over another parchment and told herself to bring plenty more sheafs of parchment. And ink. It seemed to bring the Roegaydyn a measure of peace, even while jailed.
Perhaps on the morrow I could have an exciting tale about how Nero and I retrieved some supplies for the refugees, Roen mused as she signaled for the guard.
