"So am I. The heat, that is. Every day I'd spend in my Master Mott's forge. Now, it seems like anywhere else is almost too cold. Even this place."

But that was because it was evening and the temperature had dropped. But reasoning and stories of his past were things he could not imagine a queen having time for. He hesitated a moment. "If you like, I'll leave you be. I don't reckon I need tell anyone you're out here."