They spent a few minutes discussing body parts, adjectives, and a few basic phrases—he demonstrated various verbs, making her laugh several times, but never in an unpleasant way. Then, as a reward, he took her through the whole fencing routine, one move at a time, getting her to mirror his actions and correcting her. The morning passed amazingly quickly, he thought, rowing her to the Amberwells so she could admire the white swans swimming there, and then all the way to the Goldtree and back to the North Bridge, where he left his boat so they could take the road back to the city. Really, he
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Thanks for the belly laugh Vicky
