... Kirustan, leave us." "Immediately, sir," the young Megass said, taking his leave by the same staircase Desa had arisen from. "I am sorry; I do not know of your comfort or concern being a lover of men and things male, Darryn, and I did not want to embarass you in front of my other young apprentice. I should have dismissed him before you told your tale." "It is the past, sir, that tale. I am not ashamed of what I am." "Good," he said. "Because it is, in part, what you are that makes you so valuable to me. I have an apprentice that I took while he was still in Manform, thirty years ago. He learned quickly, as I promise you, you will. |