Kristof shifted his attention before he got caught staring like an i***t. Next to Kristof was Lass?, and on Lass?'s other side was a man Kristof had glimpsed only briefly. He had the same yellow-brown skin as Lass?, but his hair was long and woven into several braids and then the whole tied back with a red ribbon. He was similar to Kristof in build but shorter, and when he laughed, the entire table shook a bit.
"So what do you think of our castle so far, Your Grace?" Telmé asked, startling him.
"It's very confusing," Kristof admitted.
They all laughed and grinned knowingly. Telmé waved a hand about. "I am fortunate that I grew up here, though that did not save me from getting lost as a little boy. I wailed and wailed until a poor servant girl found me while she was hauling laundry. She
