[Mekatra]

"Most shops aren't open at night. Bakers, blacksmiths, furniture makers, they're not working at night. They wouldn't question you leaving just before dark." She shook her head. "You just took the easiest route without even thinking about other people. Don't try to play poor me, you're just another selfish creature that cares only about your own skin. If you can learn to keep your mouth shut you might make a good King's Thief and Assassin, because not caring for other people is an important trait for such a position." She opened the door to her room. It was clean but undecorated. She looked as though she was rarely here.

"Your training starts an hour before nightfall. You'll train physically until the sun rises, then you will have education until midday, then you will be allowed to sleep. Do you know how to read?" Her irritation with him was thinly veiled.