A shiv for me a shiv for you

She was still keeping her emotions tightly under wraps, and it did make her more neutral, more blank as she regarded him. She didn’t like herself as a jealous person, and it was a state she strived never to enter, for any reason. Things like an over abundance of pride and jealousy had no place in the hearts of leaders.

As he spoke, she let her eyes follow his movements, and he explained what he was doing. “Perhaps it would be faster if I held it in my mouth, turning it as you worked with a stone, to sharpen it to a point?” she would offer to him, allowing herself a smile as she saw the excitement in his grow again. It was clear he enjoyed the work, and it reminded her that they would have a crafter turning up fro Branch’s pack at some point. She had been thinking of sending Rhyme as the warrior, but perhaps he would benefit from remaining her, and she could send perhaps Acere to train Branch’s warriors.