"Good day, Sister of the Jade Order."Lira looked at the priestess. She thought she knew her but could not place her face."Do I know you, Sister?" she ...sked in her gentle, pleasant tone.Kari smiled at this. She had spent about half of her childhood at the palace so of course she looked familiar to Lira. She had not been here in almost six cyankas however. In that time, she had grown from a child into a young woman. She had also joined the Jade order and therefore her clothing was very different. She was harsh and demanding when she needed to be, and supportive and understanding when she needed to be. Most importantly, she loved him enough to spend whatever time she needed to make sure he did not fall behind.Whatever I've accomplished this semester, it's because of her, thought Jason to himself.That Saturday night, as the snow piled up outside and the empty dorm building sat eerily silent, Jason found it very hard to concentrate. He contemplated his father's utter contempt for his life. Char spent a bit of time looking over my shoulder while I wrote.She commented, “I like your geography class a lot better than mine. At least, yours seems a lot more interesting. I think I still remember most of what Mr. Pavletic said about the Silk Road and its impact on ... well ... the same thing you’re writing about.”“I really like his class, and this... [I indicated my laptop screen and paper thereon] is why: context with ... a lot of stuff, and not just names of places or capitals and. So, the girls had to find other companions fairly often until the last of the horse-men who had wished to dally, had been sated.Fortunately, the knights had a bit of work yet to do before they could engage in pleasant welcoming’s of their own with us, and over the next few hours another squadron of late arriving knights and centaurs, about two dozen in total arrived to join us. The latecomers were at least as exhausted as their earlier arriving fellows and most had inured or overly weary mounts.