Viatorus nods his sympathy for Harrowheart's present-choosing dilemmas. Gifts and the politics around them are some of the most difficult things to navigate. To Harrowheart's question he shakes his head quickly.
"I-I-I didn't get the time. Isidor and I were... w-w-we were sent somewhere to... to do consultation work." He hesitates to call it that, but officially that's what it was. Moving quickly over his discomfort he continues. "I-It didn't leave me a lot of time for anything before meeting her."
The explanation is enough time for Runa to reappear with a tray, a jug and glasses atop it. "Here we go." She carefully moves everything onto the table, drops the tray back into the kitchen and begins pouring the water.
He'll only realise he doesn't want to know until it's too late
"I-I-I didn't get the time. Isidor and I were... w-w-we were sent somewhere to... to do consultation work." He hesitates to call it that, but officially that's what it was. Moving quickly over his discomfort he continues. "I-It didn't leave me a lot of time for anything before meeting her."
The explanation is enough time for Runa to reappear with a tray, a jug and glasses atop it. "Here we go." She carefully moves everything onto the table, drops the tray back into the kitchen and begins pouring the water.