Blackfeather Woods kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown

She snorted derisively, her face puckering up as if she'd sucked on a lemon (not that she would know what those were). "Best equipped," she repeated, shaking her head. "Whatever. Anyway. . .thanks. When I look at you, I still--"

Molag Bal.

Maegi shuddered, feeling his teeth on her cheek once more. "But it's getting better. I'm a lot better than I was, then. And I'm happy to be back. Have you--have you learned any more about the gods, since I've been away?" she asked, trying to steer the conversation toward a topic much more agreeable to her. It wasn't the woman's fault that Kove had refused to go after her, anyway.