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“Kel ordered. “You’ll wear out the floor. Is your tunic straight?” Briskly she tugged the back of his tunic until it hung properly. She was never sure if she was glad that her role as unofficial inspector gave her an excuse to touch him. “So tell me,” she began as they walked to the exam waiting room, “is it worth all this struggle? You could have been a healer by now, with a university credential and friends your own age. Aren’t you sorry to have missed that?”
She’d expected him to joke, or... to be sarcastic, but he actually gave her question some thought.
“The physical training, well, I couldn’t be a knight without it, and I started late. Nothing would change that. It’s true, at the university I never would have spent time with anyone so much younger than me. I would definitely have lost something then. These little fellows here aren’t always testing each other like males of my advanced years.” He bowed, and Kel smiled.MoreLess
She’d expected him to joke, or... to be sarcastic, but he actually gave her question some thought.
“The physical training, well, I couldn’t be a knight without it, and I started late. Nothing would change that. It’s true, at the university I never would have spent time with anyone so much younger than me. I would definitely have lost something then. These little fellows here aren’t always testing each other like males of my advanced years.” He bowed, and Kel smiled.MoreLess
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