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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maidhc O Casain" data-source="post: 5711868" data-attributes="member: 29558">Valinnan greets the arrival of dinner at the Monkey with relish, and eats heartily . . . here is a man who's learned to enjoy life to the fullest.He spends the trip back making the rounds of the caravan, speaking with whomever catches his fancy, always sharing an encouraging word or a funny story.Once back in Cauldron and at the Drunken Morkoth, he returns his foster-father's bear hug with obvious and unabashed affection. "It was a good trip, sir. There's an inn where we stopped over on the way back, the Laughing Monkey. Orin is the proprietor, a good man - honest and fair to a fault. It may be that we could do some business with him. Also, there's a Dwarven merchant named Garthun we'd do well to be wary of. He's surly - even more than one would expect - and mean of spirit. And he's none too happy with us at the moment, through no fault of our own."When there's a break in the custom, or after the Morkoth closes down for the night, Val tells the Cardinal the full tale. In the meantime, he turns to Nia and Wilbur."Father, these are new friends met on the road . . . friends to the four of us, and to those at the Laughing Monkey as well. Here is Nia, a woman wise in the ways of the wilds but a stranger to city life, and Wilbur, a man who seems to me to be sorely in need of a measure of peace."</blockquote>