Aodhgan's Advice
We all feel like this at one point or another. A little moment between Karla and Aodhgan: Karla sat and hugged her knees. She watched Darryn getting on with a few of the villagers, the farmers asking him about the best wood for building a fence. “Aodhgan?” said she, still watching Darryn. Aodhgan turned. “Hrm?” “What do you do when people are mean to you?” He gave her a curious look. “You mean when people accuse me of being a monster?” Karla nodded and seemed distressed. “When people don’t like you for no reason.” Aodhgan watched her follow Darryn across the field, but he sensed that the question was meant more about herself. He moved closer to her and looked thoughtful. “When I was young, all the unpleasantness from other people I experienced would happen whenever I left our kingdom.” “So, you stopped leaving?” “For a time, but there were times when I had to go to other kingdoms to do things for my father. My father is really my uncle—his brother, my birth father,