"He could be arrogant, but he spared me when any other would have executed me. I miss talking to him." He'd frustrated her, to be sure. But he'd also been a friend, where she hadn't expected to find one. His absence was one of many reasons why she hadn't returned to the Wardens sooner.

Sighing and looking down at the pages before her, Velanna nods her head, fingers lightly ghosting the edges of the paper.

"We can do what we can, here. It's a shame there's no spells to restore moldy parchment."