"We are back early this time." Talen finished the bite, he was chewing upon and then opened his mouth, not for the food but to ask me a question. "Well, Mr. Mayor kept calling the base camp, asking for a few days leave for me." I held the burrito close to his mouth, feeding him because usually after a tiring day, he would be in immense pain upon moving his muscles. "Is his daughter getting better?" Talen could keep up a conversation alive with his best ability to smoothly transition from one topic to another. "She is focused and very attentive to my teachings," I responded, recalling Josephine, the Mayor's daughter. "Are you sure it's the teachings she is interested in?" I recognized the naughty smile on Talen's face. He was a huge shipper of Ravyn and Josephine. I didn't know how to

