The weapons that Artificer Erkembalt promised to craft for Ollie and Heila would take at least several weeks to complete. For Nyrielle, however, he promised to do his best work and to personally deliver them to the Vale of Mists if they weren't complete by the time Ashlynn returned to the High Fen on her way back home.
After returning to High Lady Erna's palace, Ashlynn and Nyrielle parted reluctantly with a chaste, bloodless kiss. The evening, practical as it had become by the end, might not have been as romantic as Nyrielle had desired, but it did a great deal to restore the balance and closeness between them after coming so close to a dangerous point.
