The horses come as called, and Athalwin tells her their names and where they're from, and then there's one of the men from the smithy, the younger one with the broad shoulders and the brown hair, and he proudly talks about the horses' ancestry, and which of them came from the south-lands, and who their sires and grand-sires belonged to.

"This is Adalgoth," Teja says, when he finally gets a word in edgeways. "And that is Kate Barlow, whose horse you gave shelter, when my world was ending."