Kate watch him climb and see her from his perch. The mage removed her socks ad shoes and sat on a log by the lake. She placed her feet in the water and alternated lifting her legs. "Here your free do and say anything. Only I can here you. Is this place real on the outside? Yes, a few miles from the manor? It's frozen over. Would you like to see what it looks like in Winter? We can take a sleigh ride once your healed and you are not afraid to meet people. I can introduce to my and Jon's friends. No one has to know your a slave. That ring Papa gave you, is between you and him. Did I tell you he was once a slave? He knows what you are going through better than I or Jon. His master freed Papa, taught him how to run the shire, then gave him all the shire. The shire will go to Jonn when Papa dies. You can stay here all your life and work. I plan to live here after I finish college. I want a shop in town and house in the garden district. In the fall I go to Seville, the home of the King's palace. You may come with me. I will attend the University there. You can live with me as long as you want."