"We'd be glad to have you along. I think Saltlick would miss you after everything you two have been through."
Maybe I'd even made a friend or two.
If purloining one unremarkable stone and one hopeless, homeless giant could bring about so much, what else might I be capable of?
The fact was, I'd been stealing from the wrong sorts of people. I'd been failing to fulfil my potential, picking easy targets. I'd been lazy, maybe even a little cowardly.
In short, I'd been aiming too small.
I grinned — at Estrada, at Saltlick, even at Alvantes.
"I'd be honoured to travel with you. Now, did I hear something about visiting the king?"