[Potironette]

Bronze and dark brown sheets and fabrics colored Kellan's room. The wood of the floor was dark too, being made of walnut wood. The tree, Kellan recalled, had been a popular one since the first carpenters.

He changed into a light gray shirt and dark gray pants. He found the color gray refreshing, for he rarely saw it worn on others. He tugged the navy blue string from his hair, replacing it with a mottled gray one. His mother hated long hair, but insisted he grew his hair long, for he would not take care of his appearance otherwise. He grinned in remembrance of the fact. Before he'd been told to take on lord duties, he had a shock of messy hair every day for lack of inclination to take care of it.

He pulled the paper, pen, and ink from his suitcase and set it on a nearby desk. He emptied the box of its clothes and opened the closet, setting himself to hanging clothes before they wrinkled.