Orel glanced at the fountain.
"When I was little, there were fishes in it," he said.
"Cool!" Tol exclaimed. He almost lay down on the ground and pulled Asa with him.
"So, what about your servants?" Lis yawned.
"Aah, as always – dumb like shit," Orel laughed. "By the way," he turned to Enriki, "your Coal pleasantly surprised me, he is a good warrior and commander, you're lucky to have him. What's his real name?"
"Dick son of Nedwill, Dick Nedwill but everyone calls him Coal."
"Why Coal?"
"He has this name since his childhood. He told me. He was born in the east. One day the Red attacked his village, killed everyone and burned everything. He was just a boy; he managed to hide in the basement and took his little sister with him. Their house was burning but they didn't come out, they just stayed there. When the Black came and started cleaning out the ruins, they found him. They didn't think he'd survive, he was badly burnt, so, they called him Coal."
"And what about his sister?" Tol asked.
"It is even more interesting about her. Three days later he came round and could explain them there was also his sister in the basement. They found her – she was alive and not burnt but her hair was completely grey. Since then they never part. She plays in my sister's theater."
"Is she beautiful?"
"She is pretty, a commoner cannot be beautiful."
"Why didn't we see her before?" Orel asked.
"Did you want to? Are you interested in theater, Orel?"
"Well, I'd like to see her playing."
"Fine, I'll tell Mily."
"I liked her brother, you can't say he was burnt looking at him. He looks good and his hair is long. Why do you let him have such long hair, like a nobleman?"
Enriki shrugged.
"So what, he still is a commoner and he is short."
"Why are all commoners short," Tol asked, "but Lis and Nikto are as tall as you?"
"First of all, they are half-bloods," Orel said. "Besides, Lis's father was not a commoner and Nik doesn't even know who his parents were."
"Anyway, Nikto and Lis are shorter than we are," Enriki added.
"Yes, Lis is the shortest," Tol said.
"I'm not much shorter!" Lis said starting getting nervous.
"Much shorter than me!" Tol said.
"I don't even mention you, you're abnormally tall, like your trees!"
"You are a tree yourself!"
"Fine, don't start! Let's go back to the castle." Orel got up abruptly and grabbed his damaged eye hissing in pain.