Northstar Vale My sun becomes your moon

liri was honest, truthful, and mahler did not show his surprise to discover she had bonds within diaspora. less for the value of shock than to reveal how uttering the name of the gentle diasporan counselor caused him to react. "ve are well-met, then. i know her. and i am also the healer there." he did not know why he sought to align himself with liri, or show her a kindness she had not earned; perhaps it was simply ruenna, after all.
"she came to us from sviftcurrent. did you reside there?" he was curious now, perhaps too curious, and would not be deterred if she turned their conversation aside to other things.