Treating Captives as Guests (Part One)

True to his word, Thane kept Ashlynn company until the sky began to show the first hints of approaching dawn. 

While there was a great deal more for him to explain about the Eldritch nations that Ashlynn would be passing through on her way to visit the Mother of Thorns, neither of them could remain on a single topic the entire night. 

Instead, Thane served as a sounding board while Ashlynn worked out some of her unresolved thoughts about how to act on the information she'd gained from her trip to the summer villa. She would speak with Nyrielle before she took any specific actions, but she gained a much better sense of things she could do with the information in hand and the resources of the vale.