He considered this. "I tell them my name. And that I know Lady Faelyn. And that Sunpelt is a good place and they don' need to be scared." He paused. "I also told them about the boar story because Joren told it to me and I thought they should know it early. It's an important story about humility."
Faelyn's face did something she could not fully control.
[Don't you dare,] Puffball said.
'I'm NOT.'
[Your left eye—]
'THAT IS JUST MY FACE, PUFFBALL.'
[Sure it is, Fur. Sure it is.]
"That's very kind, Kito," Faelyn said. Her voice was completely steady. She was very proud of her voice.
"I know," he said simply. He gave her one last serious nod and padded off, done now that all the important things had been covered.
Faelyn sat there after he left.
'He's been talking to them,' she thought. 'Every morning. Before he even comes over. He introduces himself and gives them life advice and tells them the boar story and I couldn't hear any of it but THEY could.'
