"You are right in that. Having her support and comfort makes the toils of life that much easier to bear."

Already Bethany has lent her aid and companionship to his life and made it all that much better for her presence, and this without them fully wed yet. It bodes well for their union and for their futures, that they are both willing and eager to be a helpmeet to the other.

It hasn't quite escaped Aleron that his little cousin is avoiding matrimony herself, like a champion escapee in the game of Tag. For people of gentle birth, it's inescapable, short of taking Chantry vows. Eventually the matter will be pushed upon her where she cannot avoid it and when it does...

"It is a good thing to have a life companion who brings completion to you. A friend and not merely a romance. I have been blessed thus."