[The more she hears about his new friends, the more she likes them. They're looking after her favourite person, after all.]

Holt took me as far as Neverwinter, but from there I was on my own. He had his own things to deal with and finally decided it was time to let me go out on my own.

[Her smile is still there, but it's a little forced this time around. That Gnome was more family to her than anyone before.]

I couldn't go with him anyway.

[From her bag, she pulls out a key and goes about letting them into a small room around the back, detached from the main household. It's more a shed that's been turned into a spare room.]

And, this is home. For the moment at least.