Jade Fern Grove I walked alone

Arric.

I could say the same of you. He teased lightly. Although truthfully, the name did not seem so odd in a place like this.

It reminded him of a lover, and the ache returned briefly. A struggle to pack it up in his heart.

I do come from far away, though. A place befitting kings and queens, knights and nobles. Although his voice likely conveyed his exhaustion with such a place.