Broken Antler Fen Go ahead, make my day

It seemed to click. Her face lit up as the pieces of the puzzle fell together and she correctly remembered what direction the sun rose in. "East. That's right." He nodded and listened as the cogs began to turn within her head. She was picking up the concept pretty quickly, which was good. She'd make an excellent outrider in her time, but first. The basics.

"And what direction is Lake Rodney from your home if the sun sets in the...?" he waited for her to fill in the blank. With a look like that on her face? She was definitely thinking hard. Perhaps a bit too hard, but as long as she was learning and seemed more content to hang out as opposed to her earlier defensiveness, he wasn't going to comment on it. She had this. She just needed a little bit of prompting to help connect those dots.