I wish I had a soap that could wash away my sins – it would save me a lot of trouble

Trust Kenway to arrive with an entourage in tow. Modesty rolled her eyes when he said that calling her mum would get her attention quicker, but then again, she supposed that was probably correct. The boy came from the mountain, but the girl was a puzzle, and Modesty realised she might have need to do a bit more travelling to pin down the other local packs and at least say hello. Then it struck her, Insomnia. They had raided there what felt like an age ago. “Welcome to both of you, if your parent's ask, my name is Modesty from Raider's Hollow. I am Kenway's mum, but as he said, I'll respond quicker if you call me the same.” She gave the kids a wink. It warmed her heart to see the kids getting along and not coming back mauled with all the drama that had been stirred up of late.

“Today, we will be trying to make soap. I've only done it myself once before.” She handed a smaller tortoise shell to each of the children and set them up with a spoon. To start, we combine our oils and goat milk, then I will add some of the liquid in this pot. I will pour it, because it will burn you... then once it starts to get a bit thicker we can add things like oils or petals or powders to change the colour and smell of it. Once it starts to get thick, we'll pour it over these banana leaves and leave it to get hard for about 2 days. After that, we can cut it into bars. I'll make sure we get it delivered to you both once it is done."

After all, there was no point trying to lug the containers up the mountain or across the desert. It would set better if it remained where it was. "Okay, first the step is to add equal measures of milk, and oils... once I add the ash water it will start to get hot so have your spoons ready to mix."

“Speech.”