Chapter 24 Mark
With the help of a servant who was able to speak an odd dialect of English well enough for us to communicate what we needed, we managed to locate Scáthach. When we found her, I was pleased to discover breakfast as well. I wasn’t used to eating the type of breakfast food offered to us, but it was close enough not to confuse or frighten me, which I counted as a win.
Conversation while we ate involved the two women circling each other carefully. For the most part, I listened, unable to imagine how I would feel if reunited with a parent after such a long time, not to mention under the odd conditions. To Robin, her mom had basically returned from the dead. The same thing wasn’t true for Scáthach though, and if I’d harbored any doubt her mom loved her, it evaporated long before
