Seren's work in Percvale was technically finished.
That was the fact of it. She had come from Gonnb, not by choice, and the arrangement had been simple: restore the farmland, get paid and leave.
That was the deal Darion had offered her outside a burning village and she had accepted it because her alternatives had been limited and the work was the kind of work she did anyway.
She would fix the farmland, receive payment, then continue with her life afterward.
The farmland was restored. Every section done.
Which meant the arrangement was complete.
Darion had been aware of this for the last few days without saying anything about it.
He had watched her finish the last sections and thought about it while the farmers were getting their first week in.
It had sat at the back of everything else as a question he hadn't addressed yet.
He noticed she was quieter since today.
