"Ah. I understand then. All I have ever heard was how lucky I was not to live in an alienage." She snorted, again as her lip curled up into a small sneer, "As if I was privileged to grow up in an orphanage."

She also couldn't say that she'd been warned away from attending a circle, even if they were no more. "You managed to find freedom, though. Freedom and a purpose." A hint of a smile returned as Marilaine looked down for the first time at Garahel. "And a life-long companion."