Eira's eyes widened as she was suddenly yanked into the room.  If anyone happened to see them like this, they certainly would have assumed something strange was happening.  Whatever thoughts had been in her mind seemed to slip out and she blinked a moment to try to get her footing again.<br/><br/>"I wanted to see how you faired, and I thought it might be important to talk about things.  Our conversation last night, you mentioned that attraction and I..."  Now as the words came out of her mouth they felt awkward, but his noted attraction had made her wonder.  "There were rumors about my mother, that she was a witch and that my father should not have married a commoner.  I just, I thought about what you said and I couldn't help but wonder if maybe that was part of what was different about me."  It was the most plausible theory she could think of.  Eira did not think there was anything special about her, but her mother had definitely been the special sort.<br/><br/>"I plan to write my friend today, but we'll have a week or two in the interim before she arrives, if she chooses to come."  It would be easy to put the plans into motion, she just hoped that Lady Yvaine really did make a more attractive partner to Lord Bennington.<br/><br/>"Did you sleep well?  Do you often sleep in human form?"