Ariel,
We are in Farin now. Things have been going alright so far. I can’t say that things haven’t been without their troubles. I have a hard time reading Cellan at times. It’s made worse by my mourning. I know my drinking bothers her at times. What with how much I have been doing. I think we are starting to get to know each other better, however. We are growing closer. She has been a help while I have been mourning.
We stopped for a time in Vees. It is funny and yet… sad that I am closer to my mother now than I ever was before. I always took after Father the most, much more than anyone else. Though i tried to emulate Brandon the most when I was younger. Yet now in our losses we have found more common ground. It was nice to visit her here. I think that I may have to bring her to Lithmore. I know she has been watching things in Vees for me, but Davian can handle that with my Steward. I would like to get to know my mother more. And she wants to visit Lithmore. She misses it from when she was young.
Things are tense here in Farin. The last time I was here we were still at war, though if I were none the wiser for what was going on, I would think that this were the trip that we were at war. Everyone here is so on edge. I see more soldiers than before. It is understandable, but we have to find a way to reach them and show them that they don’t have to give up their way of life, that they can still be safe and protected with this new path. There is a way forward, but how do we show them that?
How are things in Lithmore? Is the city holding together well? How are my girls? I miss them. I haven’t been away from them for this long before. This is so very different from a day or two spent in the office or away on business. Any news on them?
Tomas