King Elk Forest oh, i just can't wait to be king!

he catches up and falls into step alongside her, expression interested. their conversation at the border when she'd joined had been pretty short (he wonders if he should be more... interrogative or something, but really, he doesn't have the patience), and he guess he can't complain that she's still fairly businesslike about the whole thing. she is doing her work, after all -- finally filling the absence of trajan, which makes it easier to let go of that sting.

"cool," delight says, "i appreciate it." he looks away for a moment, thinking, and then says, "so where'd you come from, anyway?" with his usual degree of irreverency.