"You know, I always thought that you'd settle down with a warrior queen or something of the like." Varatt said to Maric with a chuckle as they walked around the hillside. "However, now I arrive at your new home to find you with a woman who hardly looks like she could be a warrior."<br/>"Well that's where you'd be wrong." Maric replied bluntly. "Nimue is not as skilled as you or I, but she's a quick learner. I've been teaching her how to handle a sword, and she can hold her own quite well now. Plus, it doesn't hurt that she has a dragon at her command."<br/>"Well she sounds like a keeper." The old man said with an appreciative whistle. "Only sounds like mind you. I still think that I need a little chat with your missus. Make sure she's good enough for my old squire."<br/>"Varatt, you need not do that." Maric groaned.<br/>"Do not worry, I shall not frighten her off. I'm only going to tease her a bit."<br/><br/>------------------<br/><br/>Samantha soon learned that Nimue was a person of many questions, even though she didn't seem to mind having them go unanswered. The woman never a chance to speak. Not that she didn't want to at the moment. She felt as though she would say something embarrassing if she did. What she saw earlier was still in her...<br/>Wait, did she say she made a small chamber for her<span style="font-style: italic">and</span>Faren?<br/>"Y-you made a room for me a-a-and Faren to share?" She asked timidly. "B-b... But I... But we... We've never shared a room before. I-I'm d-don't even think I'm ready for something like... Like this."<br/>Now Susan was panicking a bit, her heart beginning to pound in her chest. She knew that she actually wouldn't really mind all that much but... But what if Faren did not like her body? She knew that he'd been with other girls before they became a couple, but what if he left them because their bodies were unsatisfactory? What if the only reason he stayed with her was because he did not know if she was all appealing yet? Oh, but she knew that he wished for them to be closer. And she knew that this was most likely all in her head. But what if? Samantha loved Faren dearly, and she knew not what she would do if she was not to be with him any longer. She couldn't take that risk.