Jone, you’ll just end up conflating the two at this rate.

“I imagine he is a better hand at it now.” And when they find him— Bede— she’ll be able to cite some level of understanding of it, such arcane manipulation. The thought is not unwelcome. He would see the pair reunited under better circumstances than their parting. Mended far more painlessly than he and Basch.

But he does not wish to press her, or to sully the moment with darker skies. They near the road once more, and Gabranth takes to (poorly) shifting subject.

“If that was indeed the worst of these woods, the survivors may yet be able to make use of it, as you’d hoped.”