Moonspear long in tooth and soul

An agreeable note escaped him—"That's wise of him."

Foresight was certainly never a bad thing, at least with the likes that filled the ranks of Moonspear. Nikai was perhaps the only one who had a disadvantage, but he didn't seem too bothered by it, and Dirge came to the conclusion that his injury must have been an old one.

"He certainly isn't slowed down any, at least in my estimation. Fancies himself a storyteller, too," he went on, adding, "not quite the sort I would have imagined that sharptoothed sister of yours settling with." No, he imagined Alya with someone just as sharp as herself. Nikai was softer; a kind soul in a sea of very vicious ones.