@Hank- Great, Lin'Lise may well have some genuine fondness for Nykerius then, especially if he was friendly to her in those early years. She might have been a bit annoying in some ways, like asking too many questions or the fact that in the beginning she wasn't the most fluent in the language of the kingdom but I could see them actually being (I hesitate to the use the word friends because of how she tends to view humans but in this case) friends of a sort. Unless of course he found her too annoying to be worth his time. lol

@Lexicon- She's actually very fond of things like smoked cheese. The lorenvolk eat a great deal of dairy products of many kinds and she has both been cultured to enjoy cheeses and inherited the like. Why do you ask?

-I'll discuss the other elements a bit later when I have time, seeing as you said a bunch and I do have some things to respond too but class approaches soon and that will take more thinking.

@Maxwell- I sent you a pm to discuss a few ideas I had. I hope you don't mind.