Febhyurary 2026 21 - Damage
"What have you done to this book?!"
"Ah, must have been the one in my coat while Urianger and I handled some fire-breathing lizards hassling a Hhetsarro encampment. He told you about that, remember? He simply could not resist mentioning how I'd landed in a pile of rroneek dung. Anyroad, it's still readable, just have to clean off the cover and page edges, perhaps.
"...Uh, Aeryn? ...Oh dear..."
(Continuing my headcanon of Thancred loving books but being hard on them, while Aeryn tends to handle them with delicacy. Yes, most of their arguments are about books in one form or another.)