“Father, can’t I come with you?” Runa, Nari’s only child, pleaded once more as they approached the palace, riding atop a very, very large draft horse. “Please? I promise I won’t get in the way, I’ll stay quiet, I promise!” Nari did his best to ignore her for now, figuring she would eventually get the hint. No is no is no. Too bad Runa was as stubborn as her father.
“Runie, I said no. The mountain troll would eat you, you’re too small.” Before she could even open her mouth to object once more, claiming she could easily fight them off, Nari stopped the horse and dismounted, taking Runa down with him. “You will spend the day, and perhaps the night, with your grandparents. Look, your grandmother is already waiting for you.”
Runa of course loved to spend time with her grandmother. Sigyn always took such good care of her, and honestly Runa knew she could do pretty much whatever she pleased, but still. She wanted to go see mountain trolls.