#bergen_county

That from Klump "It is good."

"Frank's solid, yeah."

Neera sighs "Maybe I'll visit Symon. I'm sure he's above such sentimentalty"

"Symon is very practical, yes."

"So - if I see the fire guy, should I do anything?"

"Be careful. He will not lie...but they can be violent ..and they are nearly impossible to sway"

"Seems funny, you'd think fire would be less stubborn than a rock."

"Oh, they would likely say the same about us... for them it is..intensity. "

"Gotcha."

"They breath fire, or can, so obviously some defenses will not work as well. Perhaps your winter magics would unsettle one if you had to fight?" He says unsure

"Maybe. I'm not great with magic, really."

"Why not?" Neera says

She shrugs. "Never really focused on it?"

"Fighting, riding, those are my strengths."

Neera says "I suppose I cant' chastise you... I mean, I focused on magic but not combat at arms. So I'm just as 'lopsides' I suppose"

"Exactly. Though I bet you're pretty strong now as a glome..."

"I mean, I wasn't a slouch BEFORE my chrysalis, but man, after...."

"Yes, I am strong I suppose I should use that more" She admits "Might be fun"

"It can be" Klump says

"Totally satisfying!"

"Given our Slivers have magic that allow one to get even stronger, I suppose there's a danger of overkill" she says

"Oh, probably."

"When I was a fledge, I kept breaking stuff. Didn't mean to..."

"Truly? Forgive me, but for your size you seem so precise? Again, for your size" She says "You're no Kender to be sure"

A touch of purple, a shrug. "I'm no delicate flower, no. But I have to be, if I'm not careful I can hurt someone."

"I can admire control" She says "Tell me, if we see this Solminoid or Satyr, should we tell you?"

"Yes please."

"I volunteer to deliver the message to the lodge should we need to" Neera says to Klump

Klump humphs "You are bored and wish any excuse to wander"

"I'm not a child, Klump." She says then "but yes"

"Well, either of you are welcome."

"Thank you, Dagmar. " Neera says

KLump says "How is..the the new pebble?"

"The new... oh! CJ!"

"He's good."

"I am glad. I have heard your mother's voice singing"

"She has such a pretty voice, doesn't she?" A grin.

"She does" he nods

"I could listen to her sing for years."

"She's talented" Neera says "Though hers isn't the only voice lately singing"

"What do you mean?"

"There was a singer who got lost in the woods," Klump says "A troubadour"

"Oh! I... one of ours?"

"Is she still lost, does she need help?"

"One of yours?" Neera says "I didn't realize you had a troubadour at the hold. I mean, Skalds yes I ugessi t's the same?"

"I'm not sure we have one..."

"Piper sings, there's Tove and Torin..."

"It was a man, a young man, and not the Spencer boy. I have seen him. He sang sweetly... and got lost..we guided him out"

Frown.

"What did he look like?"