They arrived back at Percvale as the sun was going down.
Darion unsaddled his horse himself, which he had started doing out of habit rather than necessity, and walked back to the castle without speaking to anyone. Garren followed at a slight distance.
They sat down in the great hall. Maret brought food without him asking, she'd figured out by now that when the Baron came back from somewhere, he usually needed something in front of him.
They ate for a bit without talking until the plates were empty.
Then Darion said: "So… tell me everything."
Garren put his cup down.
He started with the Varrels. Darion already knew some of it. Garren had earlier explained how they started the invasion, burned fields, and took livestocks.
