Redsand Canyon Mellontikós

arsenio spoke carefully and with a huff of good humour at the end. germanicus walked on for a moment, compelled by his own thoughts.

"you might do as i did: build first so that your wife might have a place to walk. it would take long days of being parted from her. perhaps weeks."

but it was the sacrifice of a soldier. even one who loved his wife so greatly.

"three of you might take and hold the vale. and i had considered that lady khalys might one day wish to return." that was a delicate subject and not one he would broach today. 

"you are my friend. that is why you would be in control of your own land. i of course would insist that sunspire military operations still be conducted through mereo. but it would one day be a place for your children."