"Lady Nyrielle suspected that Lady Ashlynn might want to see a bit of the city during the day," Captain Lennart said when Heila approached him with her lady's request. "As long as we stay in the central districts and bring along a guide from the palace, things should be fine. I'll see to it, Lady Heila," he said, offering the same kind of deep bow that he would have given Madame Zedya.
"You, you don't need to be that formal with me," Heila protested. "I'm still just the same little Heila I always was. Having you bow like that, it, it's too much."
"It isn't, Lady Heila," the bearish soldier said with a smile. "Virve told me about you jumping into the lake to save Lady Ashlynn. For someone who never trained to be a soldier, that's more than heroic enough to deserve some respect and admiration. A few of the young ones might envy you a bit, but no one thinks you're unworthy."
