" "You're welcome." "You're welcome. Now go tell Ken. You still need to tell him." "You're serious about this?" Shardik asked him. He nodded. "I thought about it for a long time, and I got Nickolai and Jofuran's advice. I... No offense to your household, Ken, but I don't think Skii's a great adviser for life-changing decisions." "No, he isn't," Ken agreed wryly, standing up and looking out the plate glass windows that formed the doors of his porch. Beyond, the curving surface of the Vinyare Sea glistened. "You know," Ken said, "I used to worry that the Vinyare would be black and unfriendly. From the center, everything in a ring gets reflected back upwards. |