Hi, Nod. Can I call you Nod? Unless you'd prefer Mister von Tel Mæklin. [ That's a mouthful. It sounds like a noble name, she thinks, someone with money and power, or at least the sort of bloodline that used to have it. It could be that he'd rather stand on formalities, but after a lifetime of that sort of thing, Evaline quests boldly towards something more familiar, more new. ] I'm Evaline.

[ She shrugs. ]

I think... if I could get away with not really doing anything in particular, I'd spend all my time reading too. Or traveling! Which is what I was going to do, when -- well. This isn't quite what I had in mind for my first adventure. [ She places a hand on her cheek. ] I certainly wasn't thinking of anything so grand. It must feel like something straight out of your stories.