Chapter 13: Healer, Part 2

Mahzan seemed to be taking it well enough, though—but perhaps that would change when they left the lake and the reality of their situation truly sank in. On the other hand, he seemed so consumed with his mind magic problems that perhaps everything else mattered very little. Cemal did not envy Mahzan that gift.

Perhaps sensing him, Mahzan looked up and toward him. Cemal nodded and offered a brief smile. Mahzan smiled back and lifted a hand in greeting. "You are the priest who played with me in the yard, and again in the Hall of Kings."

Cemal laughed. "Yes, and quite the dressing down I received on both occasions. Apparently I am not supposed to make jokes of a sexual nature, lest we forget the genitals of priests are purely for pissing."