Chapter 2Tae grinned at his companion. How very unique. Dwarves were a rare sight in his current residence of Rethkrul, and the few Tae had encountered stubbornly kept to themselves. Recalcitrant down to their very core. The handful of meetings Tae had with dwarves over his three hundred years made him almost unbearably curious. And here was a rather open one, bless the Brightness. What luck!
On top of that, Tae never turned up his nose to making a friend. Einith seemed very at ease with him. Smiled at him, even, broad and happy.
If pressed to describe the dwarf, broad and happy would be the first words that came to mind. True, Einith was a head shorter than himself, but what he lacked in height, he made up for in the impossible width of his shoulders and an overall sturdiness. The weath
