Stone Circle Pale As The Moonlight

Korei seemed a little timid around the subject of the family. Maybe she, too, missed her family, Nikai thought. It must have been an equally big step for Korei to leave as it'd been for Alya to join him here. Ah, I'm glad you got to reconnect, Nikai said with a soft smile. Had you not seen her for long..? He imagined Korei would visit their previous home at times, but he also imagined that it was a long journey. Maybe not that often, then. He certainly could not imagine making such a journey more than once or twice a year, especially with his leg.

I offered her that I could move to Moonspear, but she agreed to come to Easthollow instead. I think... He paused briefly, and glanced back at his missing leg (then realised that Korei hadn't stared at it like most immediately did when they met him - had she noticed it yet?). .. I think she understood better than I did at that time that I couldn't ever really live on her family mountain. Well, not without getting to see only a small amount of the territory, anyway.