"I am glad there is someone here I may teach. None of the others I've brought with me hear them and we've lost so many- it's a rare talent. I'd given up hope of finding someone else that could learn." Hope is so small and fragile a thing- yet here it is. Small and glimmering, but something.

"...If you are tired there is an extra bedroll inside." Sleep might come easier with the warmth and breath of other mages curled close.