Friends
“Leyla, from earlier experiences, I should know that you attract all sorts of people, but that is strange, to be sure.”
“What do you mean, Maven?” the girl asked her friend, who was looking at her skeptically.
“You know what I mean!”
She smiled lightly and threw a look at the friends she made. Nothing extraordinary, really.
“You think it strange for a magician like me to have friends like magicians and Denor?”
“Oh, Leyla, don’t play dumb!”
“But they’re all human. Well, mostly. But no dwarf or wolf.”
“Don’t lie, girl! These are also your friends.”
“Well, so what?”
“Leyla, that is strange enough.”
“Oh, bother! Maven! She is a thief. What’s strange about that?”
“I don’t mean Eriee!”
“Well, speak, dear Denor and friend.” But by now, she couldn’t hide the grin on her face. Her friend shook his head and then asked, almost exasperated:
“How, how in the world and of all possibilities, did you manage to befriend a bunch of pirates?”
There was only a hearty laugh as an answer.
