The glint of light on his hair caught Cassia's eyes, it was very fine hair she thought. She took another sip of wine. "It has all be wonderful, there are so many people willing to help others, to let me stay in their homes for a night, in exchange for helping in the garden or kitchen, or at their shop, I've heard all kinds of songs, seen different ways people celebrate the festivals, one town on mayday the mayor dresses up as the woodman, a local forest spirit, and hands out coins to children. But life is lived pretty much the same where ever you go in this land. It's abroad that I want to go, I'm planning on getting a barge down to the Port of Cassus and working there till I have enough to pay for passage to Kallayus say" She blushed "I'm sorry, I really do talk too much"