"Did you hear about what happened to the marriage between Jesslaw and Cavall?"

"No, what happened?"

"It's off."

"Really? Why?"

"At least for now. Jesslaw said that he needed 'more time to think' before they got married. Both Wyldon of Cavall and his daughter are livid."

"They have reason to be angry. It was all but official."

"I know. I still don't get why Jesslaw was having second thoughts."

"Do you think it has something to do with the Mindelan girl?"

"No, they're probably just old friends. They were pages together."

"Rumor has it…"

"But that's just rumor. Rumor can say anything. Rumor can say that the Wildmage managed to turn herself into a bathtub."

"I heard that that's true. Pity she can't change herself back…"

"My point exactly. Rumor's aren't typically true."

"Oh. So you mean that the Wildmage isn't…"

"Yes."

"I guess that's good. It would be really bad if she was stuck in her bathtub form."

"No, I mean that she was never a bathtub to begin with. It was all a rumor."

"Oh."

"But anyway, I'm sure that Jesslaw will be engaged again by the end of the week."

"You think?"

"I know."

"I'm not so sure. There've been so many rumors going around."

Kel waited until the angry frustrated stomping had faded away before emerging from the bushes. She had always hated the rumors about them; they had always been full of lies. But this time, she hoped, that just possibly, some of the rumors about her were true.

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