Gannicus trailed after each of them, content to see them happy and excited. He felt the warmth of it spreading through him, the promise of this place. He laughed when he heard Hild call down from upstairs.

He squeezed Krem's shoulder in passing and went to the foot of the stairs.

"As soon as we agree on it," he called up to her. He wondered if that was even a question now, when all three of them seemed to like it.