I'm lost without you

Her actions betrayed her plans, at least for a moment. Mordecai suspected something more but did not call her on it; whatever her reason for being away and covering it up may not have entirely been his business. But he knew her past association and already that shroud existed. Though he was prone to claiming that the past was so firmly in the past, it was very much a double standard when it came to what he did and what he expected. This, for the most part, was only something he chose to ignore. The awareness was there.

"I'm about as well as I can be," he opted to say. "How have things been along the borders?" His trek had been quiet thus far and he truly did not expect that to change. They had been fortunate so far not to have to worry over bizarre callers in the night or any nuisances.