I watched an empire fall

Álarr looked up from his herb gathering long enough to realize that Ulmaria had taken off. With a sigh he stopped what he was doing and set off to look for her. This was another example of why he wouldn't make a good father. His attention had a tendency to only focus on one thing at a time and that was his herb hunting. He couldn't spare his attention long on a wandering child. Thankfully it didn't take long to find her but his heart skipped a beat when he spied an unfamiliar woman. He cleared his throat to alert both of them to his presence. "Hello, there. Ulmaria. Please don't wander off like that." The stranger didn't seem to be a threat but he didn't want to encourage his niece to go wandering off like that.