[That remark gets a smile out of Ethlyn, too.]

I'm sure there'll be a line of people ready to give their opinions once we figure it out. But I'll save you a place in it.

I'm Ethlyn--Ethlyn of Leonster, though I'm sure you haven't heard of it. [She leaves out the princess of. She has no idea what the governance of Noel's homeland is and doesn't want to make him feel uncomfortable.]. I'm a healer--I've found employment in one of the town's clinics.