The Echidna's Scale (Alchemy's Apprentice)
“He arose after the sun had leapt above the horizon, and made his way to Algornia’s shop, already comfortably falling back into the patterns of life as he had known them when he had lived as an apprentice in the Lion City. He visited Sarah and received a bowl of oatmeal for a plain breakfast, then helped himself to a pen and paper from Algornia’s desk and began writing his letter to Mirra.
“You are truly the most beautiful woman I have ever known or seen or dreamt of,” he told her. “And I ...am amazed at my good fortune to have you in my life. But I worry that I am not worthy of your affection – that only gratitude has made you say yes to me, and I worry that such gratitude will wear away, and other men who are more worthy will tempt your heart away,” he wrote to her.
“For the past two nights the mermaid Pesino has kissed me goodnight, and has flirted with me, and I find that I respond to her temptations. I am sorry for this. She is a lovely girl, and an outgoing, warm personality, and it would be natural for any man to respond to her exotic entreaties, I know,”MoreLess
“You are truly the most beautiful woman I have ever known or seen or dreamt of,” he told her. “And I ...am amazed at my good fortune to have you in my life. But I worry that I am not worthy of your affection – that only gratitude has made you say yes to me, and I worry that such gratitude will wear away, and other men who are more worthy will tempt your heart away,” he wrote to her.
“For the past two nights the mermaid Pesino has kissed me goodnight, and has flirted with me, and I find that I respond to her temptations. I am sorry for this. She is a lovely girl, and an outgoing, warm personality, and it would be natural for any man to respond to her exotic entreaties, I know,”MoreLess
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