Stavanger Bay afternoon rays

she makes a good suggestion, an insight that he had not thought of: finding a scout. that is a good idea, kjalarr murmurs. i am, perhaps, too old to be doing the traveling i did in my youth. he wasn't in denial about his age, but it was still a bit of a struggle to come to terms with the fact that he could not necessarily shoulder everything all on his own.

i'd be happy to. kjalarr replies to her suggestion. admittedly, this method has come with age and learned diplomacy. i was not so eager to talk it out in my youth. but that was more or less tell-tale with the scars he bore.