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We returned to the house and found my grandfather waiting for us in the entrance hall. “Wherever you two ran off, I hope you worked up a good appetite,” Sage mused. He paused and looked me over. “You sought a swim and yet Caius is dry.”
I sheepishly smiled at him. “It’s a long story, but why should we be hungry?”
“Due to Bee’s constant tonic administration and soothing snoring Rina is both feeling better and has proposed a short picnic in the fields through which we passed yesterday,” Sage explained. “We were just about to fetch you from whatever far reaches you had hidden yourselves to suggest you fetch some fresh bullock meat and fruit from the market.”
“You sure that’s a good idea for Matthew?” Caius wondered as he looked up the stairs. “He’s marked by both lumina and decai
