He does Cedric the speaker of not pretending to be confused about who he means. "Not this time. Maybe before we leave the city, or maybe not. She has her hands full, most times." Fingers in pies, less charitably described. Either way.
"Maker knows why she's still interested in writing me, these days. It's not as if Riftwatch is a great center of influence, as they go." And, unspoken: Vanya doesn't even have the handy ability to silence mages anymore. He's just an aging soldier whose shoulder aches if he sleeps on it wrong (and sometimes even if he doesn't). Still, he suspects the answer is something along the lines of waste not, want not.
She may even like him, but he doesn't think she's so sentimental that sentiment alone would keep her answering letters this long.
"Are you seeing anyone, while we're here?" Does Cedric have anyone to see? Vanya feels like he should know, but here they are all the same.
you'd think if I write slowly I should have fewer typos
"Maker knows why she's still interested in writing me, these days. It's not as if Riftwatch is a great center of influence, as they go." And, unspoken: Vanya doesn't even have the handy ability to silence mages anymore. He's just an aging soldier whose shoulder aches if he sleeps on it wrong (and sometimes even if he doesn't). Still, he suspects the answer is something along the lines of waste not, want not.
She may even like him, but he doesn't think she's so sentimental that sentiment alone would keep her answering letters this long.
"Are you seeing anyone, while we're here?" Does Cedric have anyone to see? Vanya feels like he should know, but here they are all the same.