Teddybear

He nodded.

"We're...close I suppose."

"My partner and I?"

"I suppose so."

"I cannot return until I've completed this quest."

"Yes," he said cautiously.

Kivvien was silent.

Kivvien tensed slightly. "It's irrelevant."

"He is," he said fondly.

"I very much doubt I would be allowed to forget to eat at the palace. My partner was rather adamant that I got something to eat each day."

"It is just my preference. I got rather used to eating only one meal per day while in the more vigorous years of study, so the habit has stuck."

He shook his head. "I typically only eat in the evenings."

And then they were on the road again, Kivvien enjoying the scenery, ignoring the creature in the back.

Kivvien ignored him and wrapped him up, hurrying downstairs to turn in the key, then got settled in the cart.

Kivvien finished folding a pile of his own blankets on the bed. "The work is done. Come here now, I need to conceal you here so I can get you ...