likewise, mahler silently wondered if despite what he had just said he should go sooner. he was available now, after all. this ability would eventually not be his if praimfaya and sequoia came away successful at their efforts outside the borders. this time, the thought did not pang him. they would need his skill and patience; he would be necessary in another way that was not patriarch or father.
her sound of amusement was songstrum; mahler found himself brightening slowly in return. he did not miss how her plume moved, nor how it felt that iana became more formal. "spring also brings small yellow flowers to the valley," he told the duskfire medic. "they are not so bitter, and make a good poultice for deeper vounds." sometimes it was hard to bind the deep rents, and he had schooled himself to find other methods.
"how did you become interested in healing, if you do not mind my asking?" the gargoyle went on, flicking his lavender gaze briefly to her delicate features.