Explaining things took time. Esselk'ti had only spent a few days with the Mother of Thorns and her coven, and while she had learned a great deal about the young Mother of Trees from her Aunt Amahle, when it came time to relate information to Rhys, the most she could do was to pass things on second hand.
She hadn't met Ashlynn, and she could only share the impressions of her that Amahle and Jacques, the Sandbox Witch, had shared with her. The language barrier didn't help matters. Some things were easier, like explaining the power and strength that Ashlynn had gained as the Seneschal of a True Vampire, but some things got bogged down in the nuances.
At times, Esselk'ti's attempts to explain things like the closeness of the bond between witches, particularly members of their own covens, but between each other in general, had led to some awkward misunderstandings.
