Teddybear

"I see. How many years ago was he expelled?"

"Did he ever work with anyone there?"

"Has he always been so disorganized?"

"It was comfortable enough."

"I had a very pleasant rest," he said.

"That is good. Are you feeling any better?"

Kivvien glanced down at him. "Did you sleep well?"

Kivvien had been smoking and eating his breakfast quietly, but he put the cigar out when he saw Hieronymus approaching.

Kivvien stopped at his cart and sat on the back of it, watching his mule graze. Once he'd gotten a bit of jerky and some nuts from his store of ...

Kivvien headed downstairs and greeted the two as he passed, headed outside to get something to eat from his stores. There was no way anything left in that house was ...

Kivvien awoke early the next morning, his sweet dreams of Ezeren's sweet voice reciting formulas under his breath as he jotted them down, his eyebrows drawing together over focused eyes, ...

Kivvien rearranged to reveal the cot which sat forgotten in the corner of the room and laid down to sleep.

"Sleep well Heironymus," he said, "I wish you a safe recovery." Kivvien unlocked the door and slipped inside.

"He left a needle in a haystack and left you to die in his mess."

"It is an excuse," Kivvien argued as they came to the door, "You master was negligent."