Madam wants to go

"Are you sure it is okay to leave things as they are?" Fay asked, allowing her face to reflect her feelings for the first time since we set out for the negotiations.

Fay not only asked with her voice but also tugged on the edge of my shirt while averting her eyes away, as if ashamed of her need to ask in the first place. 

"We were never going to make any real deal during our first meeting," I spoke back, personally pretty happy with the results of the meeting. And while it obviously could've gone better…

But all in all, things were relatively well. An oddity in a world where fate decided that I had no right to peace, only to end up burdened by all sorts of pressing matters to tend to. 

From the first two groups of human scouts, through the skirmish with the mercenaries, and now negotiating with the leader of a massive force…