[Aaah, that's better. Allow her to melt into the embrace, take a moment to breathe in and fill herself with his warmth, his touch and his scent. She definitely missed this.]

I might be staying a little longer this time. Mistress Venat has given me leave to not attend her for a little while.

[She almost never calls her 'Azem'. She never got into the habit, and Venat never insisted on it either, and so the personal name stuck.

She takes a step back to look up at him and... well, there's no two way about it, she might as well say it.]

On our trip this time she told me... she wants to retire from the Convocation to go do something else... and she wants to nominate me to take her place.