Their stop came near a bend in the route, a knot of residents that had been pressed close to the rope moving back respectfully. Most everyone knew of the Warden Patrician's relation to the woman, not because either of them flaunted it, but because rumors simply spread. Besides, when you saw them both standing next to each other like now it was hard to deny.
Both were women who had trained martially, held taller statures, and had an intensity about them. Yet they were different enough that being siblings was very unlikely, even if they were similar enough in eyes and hair that their genes surely came from the same region's peoples. Talva er Ryleon held her child's hand, a boy of about three with a messy mop of hair.
