Brooding is something that you have not mastered. [ He gives a half-shrug with a smirk. ] Not in the ways that many would say I have at the very least. That is why you are the effective leader and I the soldier. You ponder and consider all consequences. I merely point my lance and be done with it.

[ He feels indebted to the Scions enough as it is. The Warriors of Light and the little lordling together saved him. A life debt is enough of one to repay. Still, he is certain that if they had true need of him, he would answer their call, despite himself. He is not keen to call many his friends... yet he would certainly call them some form of the word indeed. ]

You never were one to take the easy way. Yet, I am certain many would have felt you ought to have done so when it comes to romance and marraige. [ Estinien shakes his head at that. ] Only you would fall in love with a woman that would be as bound to duty as you are.

[ He is not blind. For him, it is easy to tell how much the lack of knowledge eats at Aymeric. He was involved in every step of the way on their path to ending the War with Nidhogg. Now, he remains in the dark, with no idea where his woman might be or what danger he faces. Estinien cannot say he envies Aymeric in this regard. ]

I have been asked to find a dragon that fled after the events of Nidhogg's song. She left in an attempt to escape. Now, they fear that she has fallen to it in the end. She flew to the Far East, or in that ambiguous direction. [ He shakes his head. ] As I had said, it would not be hard to find a lily...

[ His head turns to the door as it opens. The ever faithful House Borel Steward stands present, bowing slightly at the intrusion. Estinien rolls his eyes at the sight of such formality between family. Thank Halone he was never highborne. ]

Ser Borel, Ser Varlineau, pray forgive the intrusion. A visitor has come in search for the head of house.

A visitor? My, the House Speaker truly is the talk of the city.