With a surprised blink followed by an embarrassed laugh, he realised how long it had been since he had tried to fit in properly with a simpler crowd:<strong>"It appears that long travel, and perhaps a touch of Master Fain's company, has rendered me weary; I am Cael, of the house Saryndor and late of Saldea... you needn't stretch your mind on my family's name, I'm sure it's one you haven't heard of before."</strong><br/><br/><strong>"Mistress... Alys is newly arrived to these parts, yes?  It is unusual to see a lady of her stature in these parts, and not her height you understand,"</strong>he noted with a solicitous glance in the direction of the woman who's satin dress was blue,<strong>"truly something extraordinary must have happened, or perhaps is about to happen, in these parts, to have drawn her here.  Is your harvest festival so remarkable?  Perhaps I have arrived just in time."</strong><br/><br/>