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"Aye... I s'pose yer right. Ben's m'dear friend aside from bein' a familiar. Can talk t'him 'bout anythin'. An I guess... we do good things, too." Lark shrugged. There wasn't any reason for feeling upset with having a familiar. She cared for Ben, relied on him in battle, it was just...

"Jest wish m'dad was prouda me, y'know? S'all I want, s'ta make him proud. T'hear him say it." She shook her head and shot Anna a wry glance.

"Y'must think I'm a sad sally, yappin' bout all these terrible things," Lark chuckled though the sound was strained. Ben turned to bump his nose against Lark's shoulder.

"Pfff, nah." Lark shook her head while Ben rocked back on his tail and set to idly grooming his ears. "Dunno if I want to now," she added.

"Sometimes ya just gotta .. make yerself happy, right?"

Easy to say, and yet it was proving very difficult to follow her own advice.

"Why ya wanna go home so bad, then? Miss yer family? I don't miss m'dad. I miss m'best mate, Kettil, though."

And that was putting it lightly.

Lark snapped her fingers and pointed at Shibey with a huge grin on her face.

"Aye! Like yer lil mate sez. Y'might decide t'do somethin' different w'yerself. N'that's okay, too right. In th'short time I been here, I met some people who know lotsa stuff 'bout sparrin' an' fightin' an all that stuff." Lark offered Anna a smile.

"If ya ever wanted t'spar, Anna, we could do it t'gether. Y'know?"