Secrets of the Past - Part 7

"I am not so poor a player that a little distraction should throw me entirely off my game. And as for Ser Patrick, I do suppose that a bit of a distraction might be good for him," Volguard said. "He has taken to playing Battle as if he were performing a thousand repetitions of his sword. He has ceased the joy in the creativity that it brings."

"…I've noticed that myself, but it's hard to keep doing new things," Oliver said.

"The novel is not a constant requirement for the creative," Volguard replied. "We must simply allow our mind a greater degree of freedom than we normally do, so that it might stray from our pre-established way of thinking."

"And you suppose having Nila here to talk to as we play will help with that?" Oliver said.