Noctisardor Bypass laufen

astraeus spoke, and mahler marvelled that the boy had become a man before and under his very eyes. he did not know why he could not see the other as more than a hardened child just upon the cusp of adulthood; why his face brought to mind always of astraeus nursing beside thade and phaedra.
he refused to let this time be colored by melancholy.
astraeus was speaking of sagtannet. mahler smiled, allowing himself to be recaptured by memories of the high spire. "marble vas lucky to have you as a teacher," he said lightly. "and now i see that i do not have to instruct you so much in the cultivation. now," the graf went on, pressing forward lest his mind mire itself. "vhat do you think ve should plant first?"
the two would work for some time, speaking softly as they went.