That sounded very much like the whole of Ariadne's childhood. "Everyone in the kingdom I was born in lived outside," she said. "All except for the highest-ranking nobles and their servants, I suppose. I didn't even know that people slept in beds until I was ten and moved to another land."

It had been quite the experience, half hysterical, half depressing.

All an adventure, at the very least.

"It's a curious sounding sport. Do you do it often?"