| Estel dangled her feet under the chair back and forth. She was sitting behind Lloyd’s desk and was trying to listen to what the older healer was telling her. By his own choice he had taken on the job of teaching her about whatever he thought could be usefull for her to know. She had come to trust him and he had come to like her and feel somewhat responsible for her as long as she was with the healers. Soon he would have to let her go and then her new life as a free woman would really start.
Her progress had amazed him. The trauma she must have gone through while being enslaved by an orc could have easily made her weary of everyone and everything, but instead she embraced the kindness everyone offered her with both hands and had become a friend. He smiled when he noticed she had lost interest in his words. She wore a Trinsic Rose behind her ear and the healer did not have to guess where the flower came from or why she was wearing it. It came as no surprise to him that something blossomed between her and the young Covian that had found her. Would this be a good time to speak to her about what was proper and what not between men and women?
She was staring dreamily ahead of her and touched her lips with a finger not noticing he was looking at her. No, the healer thought, let her have her dreams and happy thoughts. He smiled again and decided to prepare some food for her. |