"There wasn't anyone else there." Anvar hangs up his cloak. "It seemed deserted until she showed up."
"What about In - your uncle?"
"He was away." He eyes his mother. "She called him 'Inric', by the way." His mother takes a sharp breath. "What is it?"
"Don't you think that's rather sad?"
"I thought it was funny," Anvar admits.
"Yes, he probably does too."