Merrion had promised Quen earlier in the week to help with her magic training, and he felt a little bad; he spent most of the morning recovering from a sleepless night and walking on air -- figuratively anyway -- that it had simply slipped his mind. He unearthed some maple candy from the festival that he had bought for Quen that he'd forgotten about and he had it in hand as a point of apology, and he hoped it was enough.
"Quen? It's Merri," he said. "Sorry for taking so long but I brought you a present!"