Aery thought of that. "Ame..." Her voice seized up, and she cleared her throat. "Ame noticed you a few times. She was always chattering about the bits of your magic that she'd find all over the place. I saw you exactly once. You had bought an apple from a fruit vendor, and the market was really busy, and we made eye contact for like a second and you smiled at me." Then she bit her lip, lest she blurt out anything else emotional and stupid.
Wordlessly she helped Shadow gather up the remaining potion bottles, carefully tucking them into separate pockets on the bag so that they wouldn't clink against each other and break.