Vin had his mouth hanging open for a few seconds, and Jem closed it with a hand on the other man's chin. He waited for Vin to say something, but he was just looking at Jem like he was a strange creature.
When finally Vin spoke, he stuttered for a while with his eyes blinking rapidly. The man sighed, and finally managed to speak clearly, "so that means you are a..."
Jem nodded, "yes, a Prince of the Valan Empire." He stared down at his palms, looking almost lost
Vin sat wondering about a lot of things, and he asked, "so, about Nesine?" He remembered the awkward meeting with Nesine and Jem at the market in Fugah all those weeks earlier.
In reply, Jem squinted his eyes and said, "Nesine is one of our guards. My father sent her to look for me." Vin raised an eyebrow as he thought of the st
