Northstar Vale To bethlehem it slouched

Tamar joined him before too long, and he silently greeted her with a stiff nod. 

Her topic of choice made it hard to avoid his worry and sadness over leaving his wife in the canyon. He just hoped he made it home before she gave birth. But Tamar was right: Aquene would love this place. 

He considered ignoring her question all together; discussing his feeling was not something he liked to do, especially with anyone other than Aquene. But something kept him from blowing her off all together. She was his wife's friend and Arsenio's wife. Plus he knew her words came from a place of kindness. So Kallik finally nodded. And worried, he offered.