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He threw himself into doing his patrols, choosing the silence of the woods and the world over the silence of his rooms and the emptiness he found here. It was no longer a comfort to live in the Hotel, and he had half a mind to change rooms to a place that did not still have his scent lingering there. Strel knew it was folly and that soon enough the smell would go away. Perhaps he ought to take up flower cultivation, he thought, fairly bitterly. If there was one thing he did not see himself doing, it was that.
The Dauphin heard the call of a woman he was very familiar with. Putting on a weary smile, the man approached the source of the sound. It was Ayita, one of the woman who had bothered to actually visit him for his trade. He had outfitted her daughter now and then too. He adjusted his collar, making it looser around the neck. The gaudy necklace he wore poked out between tendrils of pelt and cloth. His garments today were plain; simple cargo pants and a red shirt that clashed with his flaming hair.
Calm lavender eyes betrayed none of the inner turmoil as he approached the group. Two young and two older. Strel gave a quick look at the two youths and turned to Ayita. Her son was not unknown to him, but the two strangers were indeed unknown. "Greetings," he began, his voice finding an unintentional edge. Everything about him had an edge lately. "What can I do for you?" His hands were stuck into his tan pants, and his characteristic bangle was absent. He had left it at home, choosing to keep things simple. At least he didn't have to look at the necklace, which was why it remained on him. None of these things had anything to do with him, but it still seemed to happy for him to sport such things now.
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