My original plan of saving up for a house with the earnings I got from the inn was proving to be a bust. Since room and board were already included in my pay, what Hal could spare outside that, while not slave's pay, wasn't substantial enough to get me a place of my own anytime soon. Not to mention Gus's held back growth spurt was coming back with a vengeance, thanks to make careful administrations with my magic, and he was never full. While Hal and Milly were fine just telling him to wait until the next meal, I knew intrinsically what was going on with his stunted body and put all my meager earnings towards filling that.
He protested. But when I told him it'd take me at least forty years for me to save up for the kind of place I wanted in which to raise babies, and that didn't include t
