Redsand Canyon Silver screen (shower scene).

"i did not figure you for such, towhee." his tone was amused. "you approached this with a great sense of practicality. any husband you took would naturally be made to fall in line with your aims."

her comment about ruenna and the children made germanicus once more aware of the years in which he had not known his wife. but his praefectus knew these things and spoke intimately of the matrona in a way that the eagle himself had not yet achieved.

he was not certain how to feel about such things. "i did not consider myself romantic or even suitable as a husband." and it was ruenna who had changed this. germanicus was softening in some aspects even if it was not outward.

pheasants had crossed here. their flock seemed more promising.