How much could she avoid the issue?
The best part about knighthood was that things seldom focused purely on emotion. If something or someone bothered you, focusing on duties was enough penance to solve practically any problem. If it was someone within the knighthood bothering you, usually a sword spar was enough to smooth everything over. Otherwise, you would eventually find forgiveness on the battlefield or in the face of monsters that made you realize whatever you were upset about paled in comparison to how much each knight was needed in the face of danger. Abilities directly equaled value.
Irene lasted for two days before something else needed to be said.
Each morning up to that point, she would wake early and go work on unburying the practice yard. Snow had settled in, and the snowdrifts made it so she had to leave the front of the house to unbury the back.
