And he’s feeling more and more like his old self with each passing word. Truly Thancred is a man after his own heart! A man who can speak much of love is a friend worth having.

“Ah, how inspiring to hear of such tales.” He absently plucks out a tune on his harp, wondering if a song might be wrought from them. “The tale of the beauty and the scholar. What perils they must have faced together!”