Sabine had the heels of her closed hands covering her broad grin as a nearly inaudible high-pitched note escaped her. "That is cute!" she whispered. "A secret lover. It is like a book, Meesei!"

Fendros held his head back and chuckled. The mix of the news and the reactions were all too amusing, though he was too hungry to add anything more. He ate while Ahnasha brought Sabine back into focus.

"Um..." Sabine closed her mouth and stumbled over her response to Ahnasha. Her hand went up to run behind and down her neck. "He is...yes, handsome. I see him often in the scholar's compound. I sometimes work with him." Sabine kept her eyes on the fire, not eating just yet. "His name is Karl. He is an alchemist, like me. He also studies the Dwemer."

"Like you?" Fendros chimed in. "Does that mean you have a lot in common or have you met your rival?"

Sabine stifled a giggle. "I am better than him at alchemy. He just..." She exhaled. "I like speaking with him."