"We met at a service for the God Pejoru. While we live here in Landkur, and honor and venerate the Goddess Ishla, we feel a strong connection to Pejor.... Our family has been blessed with no less than 4 great mages in the past. While both my wife and I can do a little magic, it seems to have skipped us. Our son shows a strong ability, though," was the windy answer I got from lord Bafsly.They had a small house in the city, and a larger manor house out in the north lands. I did a small spell to. You are not a servant here, you are a friend who at present is being paid to look after the children. Is that clear, Roxanne, my friend?" Yes, Ma ... Tracy, my true friend. I love you, Tracy, nearly as much as I love Hasan. Thank you for putting your trust in me. I shall not fail you." It is not a matter of failing me. From now on, it is a matter of not failing YOURSELF. You have a duty in life to be a good woman, and hopefully a good wife to Hasan. Concentrate on that task, my girl. Now say,. Then Maria nudged her horse closer to Emerson's. As the group watched, Maria gave Emerson a smile and asked, "Emerson, Dad said they could watch the herd. As a favor to me, can we ride along, too?"Emerson groaned as the crew laughed. "I don't think Emerson is going to able to refuse that request!" laughed Tom. "If he does, he must have been wounded worse than any of us realized."Emerson looked at the smiling faces. Even Pat Casey was enjoying this. He returned Maria's smile. "I can't refuse. ...EXACTLY the response I was looking for.I settled the fair and we wandered in to the station. The taxi driver said have a good day. Part of me wanted him to have realised just what dirty fun we had been having but either he was discrete or oblivious. The concourse was noisy as we headed for the ticket kiosk. Kate, comforted by the background noise, grabbed my right arm as we were walking and tried to gently bring me to a halt. She started saying something along the lines of not just turning.