"If not for your advice, I probably would've been worse off by tomorrow," he responded. The girl could be humble if she wanted to be, he thought. When she replied with her name, Talbot inferred that her mother really must have hated her. What kind of parent calls her child an odd name like Cicatrice? "Talbot," he said, ascending the small set of stairs into the tavern. He was wedged between the door when he gave her a curt nod. "I hope we'll meet again soon." With that, he disappeared from sight. |