said Sharon. “It is one of the things I miss most about home, walking down to the orchard and then going for walks in the forest and picking flowers in the meadows.”“Me too,” said Nathan. “It seems like a different lifetime. I like the woods here, but they aren’t the same.”Not wanting to dwell too much on the past, especially once Sharon realized that thinking of the forest surrounding Elderwood would remind Nathan of Ava, Sharon changed the subject. “So teach me about being a ranger. What makes a ranger different than other warriors?”“I don’t think rangers are really that much different. Ranger’s train and fight the same as knights or other soldiers, they just hone other skills as well.”“What kind of skills?” asked Sharon. She had meant to distract Nathan, but the truth was she was curious about it. The only rangers she knew were Verin and Nathan, if you considered Nathan a ranger. He trained with them and hunted like them, but he was a northerner and a fledgling mage.“Rangers know the woods.
