"Writers write stories and knowledge for generations to come. We write for your children's children. Heralds are presenters, showmen, announcing gods to the crowd, when the man who pays them is made of sticks."

Geoff blinks. "Do I 'rapt--" there's a short pause as he works through that one, "Do I enrapture women?" It's like talking to Wat, you just have to find the words he means. "I think I do. I certainly helped woo a damsel or two or three."