Hideaway Strath sweet salvation on a dining room table

He liked her answer. Sakari smiled demurely as he delivered his praise. He was right; she was smart, particularly when it came to protecting her own interests. 

Speaking of which, this man was becoming more and more interesting by the minute. He claimed to be a simple soldier, and a bachelor to boot. 

How would she choose to call it? 

"A soldier, perhaps.. but not simple." Slyness settled into her expression. No one ever spoke of themselves as simple, not unless they were hiding something. 

Sakari dropped that thread in order to circle back to the subject of Fury. 

"You are loyal to her, and protective," she commented, perhaps lending an explanation to her mistake. Although they had not met officially before this moment, Sakari and done some watching from the shadows, just to get a sense of the dynamics in the Strath.