Whitebark Stream cerno

a nod. "it was a choice i expected would never be my own." therefore he was happy to give it away, for the realm of wives and the expectation of children were nothing he cared about. save for one. but he did not speak that stricken name now; only in the moments before sleep did he allow himself the sound of her syllables.

it was a way to show fealty, to allow this man the course of his own future. but perhaps it was not so here. the eaglebound was silent then, considering his next steps as he waited for artym to respond.