[Mekatra]

Joane snickered and slid off the bed. "There goes my plan for distracting you some night during practice. I suppose I shall have to try something else." She dug through the chest at the foot of the bed.

"No, I won't put you out for that. Perhaps a few weeks will help me focus my attentions on more productive things. I'm already getting pressure from his majesty to move my dalliances to something more permanent and marital." She shook her head and grumbled. "I thought I had an old set of bracers in here, but I must have given them away. We'll start armed combat tomorrow night as soon as I can find you some armor."