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[ingrid_kief]

"Hail. What news do you bring?"

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[judgemewhole]

Good ... good.

[A pause, and then a quieter tone.] I am sorry. This must be hard for you with -- well. With your husband's passing. To see how the Wardens are, right now.

[ingrid_kief]

Thank you. Perhaps the Maker chose to take him when he did to spare him this tragedy.

But it has not been all bad. I have been able to visit my sister in the chantry, and my brother and father at our farm. My nephew grows swiftly.

[judgemewhole]

Perhaps He did. If so, I pray he has peace -- and he knows his other brothers and sisters are doing what they can to honor the Warden beliefs.

[His tone sounds almost ... wistful.] I have not been home in many years - are you close with your own family?

[ingrid_kief]

By the Maker's grace, I hope so.

As much as I can be. I don't get to visit often either. Of all of them, I see my sister Olga most.

[judgemewhole]

[He knows this conversation has gotten off target -- but he cannot help himself.] So the two of you are very close?

[Then a pause.]

Ingrid, how close are they to the Fortress?

[ingrid_kief]

Ja. She is a year younger than me. We have been through everything together.

[A moment's sober pause.]

Olga is closest. She is a sister in one of the chantries in the city. The family farm is a few miles outside Weisshaupt city.

[judgemewhole]

She sounds like a very lovely girl ... you must care about one another a great deal.

[He pauses again.]


If you need to send your family to us, we'll keep them safe.

[ingrid_kief]

She is.

James... Danke schoen. That.... It means a great deal.

[judgemewhole]

Is she a Sister, a lay sister, or a Mother?

[She would be a young mother - but with so much of the clergy gone ...]

Family is precious, Ingrid. We must protect them, however we can.

[ingrid_kief]

She is a Sister. She has taken her vows.

Thank you. For understanding.

[judgemewhole]

Then she should be safe within the Chantry walls .. but if that is not so, please send her along with your father and brother.

[He chuckled.]

I bowed, automatically.

[Oh James.]

Suffice to say - I will do what I can to protect what is important.

[ingrid_kief]

I hope she will be.

James, I--

[Awkward pause.]

You have my deepest gratitude, ser. Walk in the Maker's light. I promise a report as soon as I can provide one in detail.