That made some sense, and Cain nodded with the explanation. He had the idea that half-elves were not looked kindly upon in general where Raine was from and knew better than to prod deeper into that now. Still remaining didn't sound so great, anyway, and he tucked it away for later. A better time.

"How about this? You tell the story and see if you can't make it last as long as it takes me to finish this," he said, only briefly looking up to see if she agreed or thought he was being ridiculous. He could take either at this point and was slightly, pleasantly surprised she hadn't blinked an eye at his spontaneous cartography. "Then when we're done, we can go over each other's details."