Wolnarb chatted all the time about his magic and how he wanted his research to continue while he was attending to ruling Erian. Carthinal could use whatever he needed and take the books and scrolls to his room if he wished. Anything that Wolnarb had books on, he was free to study for his own education as well as doing Wolnarb's work. Carthinal felt grateful and looked around the room greedily, thinking how Yssa would love such a treasure horde of books. He found himself again thinking he must send for her. He missed Starr, and wondered how she was doing. She must be getting quite big now. Belatedly, he thought how he also missed Yssa, then his mind jumped of its own accord to Asphodel. He missed her too, and the others, he quickly added.
Pulling himself together, he heard Wolnarb saying t
