*I know,* she said. *I'm hoping Vael is patient.*
She seems patient.
*She seems direct,* my wolf corrected. *Those are different. Direct people aren't always patient. But she is direct AND patient, which is an unusual combination, and it means she'll wait for Silo to work through this without disappearing on him.* A pause. *I like her. For the record.*
Noted, I said.
*Put it on a list.*
You keep telling me to put things on lists.
*Lists are how you don't lose things,* she said. *I've been keeping one since the break. You should keep one too.*
What's on yours?
She was quiet for a moment. Then, warmly, in the specific voice she reserved for things she wasn't going to perform:
*Everything,* she said. *All of it. Since the road. I have every bit of it.*
I looked at Ashveil.
So do I,
