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“Please don’t go,” Delair asked, clinging to his leg as he was saying goodbye to her and Fontesh before he and Thera went to catch a ride with the merchant to get back to the gate.

Oh man, my heart’s going to break.

That would mean all the work I did on the statue would be for nothing so pass.

Sachel snuck behind the young girl and scooped her up in her arms. “Come on now, you’ll still have me for a little longer at least so give him a friendly goodbye, alright?”

“But you’re not as fun! And you can’t cook!”

Thera let out a small giggle as Fontesh told the child off for being rude. Ben couldn’t help but let out a chuckle himself as he went up and patted her head. “I’ll write you some letters and if I ever get the chance to stop by again I will, so be good for your mom okay?”

“Mmh, okay,” She said, still seeming down.

“Tell you what, I’ll send out some better toys than what I was already able to make here, so look forward to it.”

“Really!” She asked eyes lighting up.

“Really really, so be good, alright?”

“Alright!”

“Haa, thanks for looking after her so much,” Fontesh told him as he and Thera boarded the wagon. “If you do ever make some time to visit again I’ll be sure to have a room for you.”

“Thanks, I’ll take you up on that if I can. If Delair has any interest in being a craftsman when she grows up you can send her my way, she made an excellent helper, I’m sure she has it in her.”

“Ha, sure I’ll keep the offer in mind.”

They said goodbye to the rest of the village and finally were on their way back home. It had been longer than either of them had expected, but they’d both gained plenty from the trip.

“I don’t care if you’re succeeding, you shouldn’t be able to meditate three times at once just because you have more minds, it doesn’t make sense.”

“Makes sense or not, it’s working so it doesn’t matter. Now throw some math at me Myriad, I want another level to calculate before I’m back.”

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