Lorag's answer was not quite what Sabine was expecting. Her face went from worried to receptive. She would still be fighting Fendros, but not to challenge him. Sabine could stand to train him.

"I have learned some magic," Fendros clarified. "I know magical theory inside and out, I only learned basic spells because of the difficulty practicing."

Sabine spoke up. "I can help with that. I will teach you. Meesei might help too." Her eyes glanced at Lorag. "I will teach you until you know you can best me, Fendros. Until I know you can best me."

There was clear relief in her voice from knowing that she did not have to fight him to a dangerous end for Lorag's position.

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Rhazii's ear tweaked. "Huh?" He looked down to Julan. "Yeah, wait a moment," he whispered. Hand by hand, he climbed back down to ground level. He hung from his arms as far as he could for the final drop and bent his knees deeply. Even then, there was a crunch of grass that made them both cringe.

"I saw an old couple, let's go to knock." Rhazii hastily lead the sneak back to the street so they could approach normally.

As they approached the front door, Rhazii spoke from the corner of his mouth. "There was also an Imperial girl. A Khajiit maid, too. Probably a different one to your father's. She's​ too young. Fur's too bright. Like...almost orange. Dusty or something."

There were two lit windows on the way up the tree.

"Little black streaks down her face. Around her eyes and ears..."