That conjured up a different emotion from her, a sort of frustration.
*Can I help?*
Some of his own chagrin at being a poor substitute must have made it through.
*I’m glad to speak with you, too, Munraz, it’s just that there are some things I need to talk to Vylkar about. How are you finding the Collegium? I’d really hoped to be there to give you the tour, show you where I lived, and all that.*
He pictured for her all the senior students in the various yellow robes, like so many birds singing in a bush without a care in the world, and he felt her laughter.
*You know that’s not fair. They have their own problems, it’s just that you can’t see them. We all do.*
*It seems like such an easy life.*
*Only from the outside. Everyone’s life has joys and sorrows, triumphs and tragedies. Get t
