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fidelity of another, yet there was no room at all for doubt. "Well, I wish himself had been after thinking to warn me about you, sword sister," he rumbled back, "but I've no doubt he just wasn't wishful to spoil the surprise."
"This is all very touching," Wencit interrupted, "but as Terrian says, I did go find you lot, and my backside is pretty nearly frozen to this saddle. Do you suppose we could move this conversation indoors and conduct it in front of a fire like civilized people?"
"Civilized, is it?" Terrian snorted. "And since when have you been 'civilized,' Wencit?"
"Since I started freezing in place," the wizard replied tartly, and Terrian laughed.
"I'm relieved to see something can turn your thoughts in the direction of civility! But if that's what you really want, I suppose g