Sailane grew warm enough — on a random day sandwiched between frosty and frigid — that she took her gloves off. The ground was soggy, water seeping up where she stepped, but the sun shined, warming the top of her head.
Were it drier, she could picnic like she did back home. Normally, Ethnia accompanied her; Azel rarely made it to Friege; Lex did, but when he visited, picnicking wasn't their thing.
Returning to Grannvale was a dream. People smarter than her worked on it (who would listen to her?) but when she visited Claud in Edda… talking to Claud never hurt.