[Need chafes to think of this time self-indulgently wasted, but the ground is still dry. She can't cut the moment short yet.]

Just that he thought of me as a friend. Not a close one, but he enjoyed my company and thought of me as trustworthy.

[She probably doesn't have to say that that's rare.]

I'll go on remembering that, I think. I'll only forget meeting him.

[Being trusted, immediately, without fear. Tayledras are better-inclined to her than most people but not usually to this extent; certainly Firesong found her intimidating. Maybe his closeness with the gryphons softened Darkwind up.]