Necessity's Child (Liaden Universe®)
“Rys asked Udari.
Some six paces back their path had deviated from the well-known route to Pulka’s hearth, and Udari, usually so informative, had said nothing. Perhaps, Rys thought wryly, there was proper work of men to be done, and he had been called to it. He had, after all, only assumed that they were bound for Pulka and another session of tea, and smoke, and half-sketches made in chalk on the hearthstones. Sketches that were more often than not rubbed out, while more tea was poured, and the ...pipes refilled.
“Today, we go to the forges, where you will come to know our brother Rafin.”
“And has my brother Rafin work to which I might set my hand?”
Udari considered that in silence as they turned onto a ramp that tended, ever so slightly downward. Rys swung along beside, having grown accustomed to Udari’s silences, and minding how he set his crutch on the slope.
“It is possible that Rafin will discover tasks for all of us, in time. Just at first, though, Brother—a word in your ear.MoreLess
Some six paces back their path had deviated from the well-known route to Pulka’s hearth, and Udari, usually so informative, had said nothing. Perhaps, Rys thought wryly, there was proper work of men to be done, and he had been called to it. He had, after all, only assumed that they were bound for Pulka and another session of tea, and smoke, and half-sketches made in chalk on the hearthstones. Sketches that were more often than not rubbed out, while more tea was poured, and the ...pipes refilled.
“Today, we go to the forges, where you will come to know our brother Rafin.”
“And has my brother Rafin work to which I might set my hand?”
Udari considered that in silence as they turned onto a ramp that tended, ever so slightly downward. Rys swung along beside, having grown accustomed to Udari’s silences, and minding how he set his crutch on the slope.
“It is possible that Rafin will discover tasks for all of us, in time. Just at first, though, Brother—a word in your ear.MoreLess
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