#saefas

[goodgrammaritan]

Fanche nodded. "If you weren't a noble, I'd call you a sensible girl. You've commoner blood, that's the only answer."

She walked away, hands under her patched apron.

"Fanche missed you desperately, lady knight," Saefas assured Kel. "She just hasn't got the proper words."

"You are a flatterer, Master Saefas," Kel informed him.

"So she tells me, all the time," admitted Saefas, his eyes mischievous. "What do you think? Will I win her in the end?"

Kel looked at him. "She will make your life a misery," she told the man.

Saefas grinned. "That's what I hope for."

Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce

A budding romance.

[incorrect-tortall-quotes]

Fanche: Can I shoot him?

Saefas: Not in public.

[goodgrammaritan]

Kel: I heard Master Valestone tried to get elected headman.

Seafas: He seems frustrated, poor fellow. He wants to be a leader even if he isn't one.

Fanche: We should set the young folks to making kites. Someone ought to have fun, as much wind as he blows.

Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce