Gods and Guardians (Part 4)

"As for Nalrond, making him dine alone would be beyond rude, and since we're going to spend quite a bit of time together, we'd better start now." Friya said.

Nalrond didn't like being on the receiving end of such blunt sincerity, but crashing the party beat spending all of his apprenticeship alone. He just gave her a small bow as a thank you and remained silent.

'Worst case scenario, I'll pretend to listen and nod from time to time. I don't know them or what they went through and honestly, I don't care. The problem is that I can't keep living like this. I must learn how to interact with the other races properly.

'I can't use my grief to cut everyone out of my life.' Nalrond thought.

Lith moved them all to the dining room, where a circular table set for six people waited for them. Everything from the napkins to the cutlery was the product of exquisite craftsmanship.