"Ah, I know just the herbal for helping you find local plants for dyes," he suggested, eyes brightening. "I'm afraid I don't know much about fiber for thread though... Goats and sheep, those I can get you set up with, if you want to harvest their fur for spinning," he amended with a chuckle. "But perhaps the dyer's herbal may have something in it about local fiber plants and where to find them." He genteely escorted her to the door before she brought them to a pause, and he raised a querying brow at her sudden stop.
The question was unexpected, and for a moment he just blinked at her, tilting his head as if trying to decide how deep she meant the question to be. "Care...? Ah. A great many more things than I used to," he said, his smile softening. "And a great many more people. I used to think that I was better off if I closed my heart to the world around me and simply endured with a smile, focusing only on learning, gathering knowledge and lore, because that would never betray me. But... I was wrong." Simple words, but powerful ones from a man who slipped over the line into arrogance semi-regularly. He disengaged his arm when he was sure she was balanced and ready to head out on her own, offering her a courtly bow. "I look forward to seeing how you will answer that question after a few seasons here," he promised with a smile., by way of farewell. "And whether it will have changed from how you would have answered it today."
The question was unexpected, and for a moment he just blinked at her, tilting his head as if trying to decide how deep she meant the question to be. "Care...? Ah. A great many more things than I used to," he said, his smile softening. "And a great many more people. I used to think that I was better off if I closed my heart to the world around me and simply endured with a smile, focusing only on learning, gathering knowledge and lore, because that would never betray me. But... I was wrong." Simple words, but powerful ones from a man who slipped over the line into arrogance semi-regularly.
