[Sorey shakes his head.] You don't have to apologize.
[He'd heard a lot of stories like that, especially in Pendrago. Farmers whose families would starve because they were barely producing enough grain to sell, let alone eat. Orphans and older children braving the dangers of the wilderness to try and forage wild plants, or struggling to kill a rabbit or bird or even rats just to have something to fill their bellies.
Even people who hadn't known he was the Shepherd would tell him these things, in markets and alleys and dark corners at the inn. He'd overhear merchants whispering 'did you hear, the Dulles' boy, always was a sickly thing' around the fountain.
So there are stories like that here, too. Sorey feels a little shamefaced for complaining about the food months ago.]
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[He'd heard a lot of stories like that, especially in Pendrago. Farmers whose families would starve because they were barely producing enough grain to sell, let alone eat. Orphans and older children braving the dangers of the wilderness to try and forage wild plants, or struggling to kill a rabbit or bird or even rats just to have something to fill their bellies.
Even people who hadn't known he was the Shepherd would tell him these things, in markets and alleys and dark corners at the inn. He'd overhear merchants whispering 'did you hear, the Dulles' boy, always was a sickly thing' around the fountain.
So there are stories like that here, too. Sorey feels a little shamefaced for complaining about the food months ago.]
Could I ask you to tell me more about it?