Indeed. You quest on the behalf of the birds, is that right? Fulfil that and should you find yourself with time at the end of it, let us speak again and decide on a place to meet.

[ He pauses a beat, and then with a gentle smile that rings in his voice like a crystal clear water of a mountain stream. ]

Above all else, I do miss your presence.

[ Yet it doesn't last overlong, before seriousness returns. ]

Aye, and the Unseelie... they are close, they are winning this war.