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Favorite color

"What's your favorite color?" Lerant asked.

Keladry was currently busy laying numbers together close to the firelight, and without looking up, she answered: "Blue".

"Why?" Lerant continued.

"Because it is the color of my family fief, because it's the color of the sky, because it's the color of the Own. Take your pick." Keladry answered, still not looking up.

"The sergeant's eyes are blue. Does that mean that you favor him?" Lerant asked with a smirk.

The men around the camp immediately turned their attention to the lady knight at the fire.

"Well, unlike people with green eyes, he doesn't bother me while I am working" Keladry answered him truthfully.

Leaning to his tent, nearby, Domitan smiled broadly.