Probably they should not do it very often but today it is really nice.

Necori, on the other hand, is going to spend today in the library.

Then he will probably see Fia reading hundred-year-old literature!

Well that's new.

He meanders over. "Hello."

She looks up from her book. "Hi!"

"My name is Necori Zeris. You're new."

"Fia Sennic. My girlfriend got in a fight with our host and then introduced him to me when they made up."

"I don't know quite what I was expecting but it wasn't that."

"We're kind of unexpected people, me and Anlei!"

"How did she get in a fight with him?"

"He showed up to kidnap her and she set him on fire!"

"Huh. Good for her."

Fia laughs. "Yeah."

"Well, welcome to the Howling Mountain. It's lovely when you're on good terms with the Lord."

"I'm very impressed with the library!"

"It's an amazing library."

"And Anlei's so impressed with the castle she wants to build one of her own."

"How does she plan to do that?"

"Magic!"

Nod. "Siva's learning magic. I'm not; it seems useful, but I'm neither a masochist nor a sadist."

"I'm a masochist but, uh, kind of incidentally?" says Fia. "I'm not botherable by pain, the fact that I also like it is just a bonus."

"That seems convenient."

"It really is!"

"It seems like it could lead to insufficient carefulness, but then again, healing magic."

"Healing magic is great!"