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CODY
The day is blistering hot, but Cody is used to walking and sweating in the sun.
She doesn’t complain.
She knows, by the weight of the air, that it will storm soon. The humidity will break, and then she and Penn will be showered by rain. So she minds the heat even less. Penn doesn’t seem to mind it at all.
She likes his company. He’s not like the men whose names and reputations she knows in Ithil. He looks like he’s had a bath sometime this month, for one. And he’s well-fed, and in good spirits. He makes her feel like good company too, which she likes best of all.
He keeps his fur coat slung over his shoulder. He looks even bigger, somehow, with it off. She didn’t think he was so tall when she met him beside the pasture, but now she has to arc her neck to meet his gaz
