Ileus narrated everything to her and popped tart cherries in his mouth from the tray of food he had kept for her on the table.
The tub was full when he finished speaking. Dawn was in splits on his antics. Both he and Brantley had been giving her good company in this morbid place.
"Would you like to explore the markets today?" he asked. He was pleased that after such a hectic fight with the basilisk, which was quite an achievement, he managed to make Dawn laugh. His cousin's wife was not only pretty, she had brains too, and… she was a dragon rider. He really wanted to see her dragon. He couldn't go to Ulfric for their wedding where he could have seen him.
"The only place I am allowed to go now is Daryn's chamber, without any spells stopping me" she replied. There was a look of happiness on her face as she grinned.
