Idle conversation is strange, but pleasant, much like the rest of this situation has been. Rezo’s conversational skills are somewhat rusty, but with Lioriley it’s easy enough to fall into a friendly back-and-forth and he almost misses the changes in the terrain and the atmosphere that signal they’re getting close to the tavern.

“No, these will suffice,” he says, in response to her query. “I won’t have time to study them for a little while anyway. After this, I was planning on going out to help with the road work.”

Which he had been perfectly happy to do- and still was, really- although it’s a bit disappointing to realize this little interlude is almost over.