Emberwood [m] Lynchpin

it means 'thank you', praimfaya offers over her shoulder at his confusion to the trigedasleng word. she hadn't expected him to know it; that'd been part of the ploy ...but perhaps her attempts to act coy and mysterious has worked too well. he begins to follow her and she feels a tiny war brew in her chest. should she chase him off? mahler's strict instructions were to find (a) partner(s) that would not show up at rivenwood's borders. but also, he'd done her a favor, had he not? if things went the way she hoped it would he would be successful in siring the next generation of potential commanders; adding the strength of his family line to her own.

she supposes so long as she does not begin to make the trip back to rivenwood ( which she had not intended to until the fire beneath her skin is quenched for good ) then entertaining him couldn't hurt. he introduces himself as bronco blackthorn; and though praimfaya certainly had it within her to be utterly heartless the guilt that begins to eat at her as she considers shutting him down tells her that this was not one of those times.

i am praimfaya. she offers her own name in return.