Peony/Foxe | After "How to Train Your Scholar" | G?
"An interesting way of obtaining your entertainment," Peony said, a bit amused despite herself. Most of the children were well-behaved, she had no doubt, but a bit of healthy fear did tend to deter troublemakers at time, and it wasn't as though Ade was being particularly threatening -- he was simply large, and armored.
"A restful time, then, I hope," she said, leaving it there. If he was unwilling to speak of it, she would not insist. Instead, she answered his question as honestly as she was able: "I cannot say none, but that is the nature of the work I do with your colleagues. There have, at least, been times when I have found myself at the halls for reasons no more nefarious than lunch delivery. My brother is training with the Fighters' Guild here in Emillion now."