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Einstein’s Riddle (the classic “who owns the fish?” version) goes like this There are five houses in a row, each a different color. In each house lives a man of a different nationality. Each man drinks a different beverage, smokes a different brand of cigar, and keeps a different pet. No two men share any of these things. Clues: The Brit lives in the red house. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. The Dane drinks tea. The green house is immediately to the left of the white house. The green house’s owner drinks coffee. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. The man living in the center house drinks milk. The Norwegian lives in the first house. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill. The German smokes Prince. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

Thank you for such a thoughtful insight. Kaylen’s teachings do carry echoes of his past, including the love and loss that shaped him, and it naturally colors the way he guides his squires. Their growing bond is becoming something vital, and your “one for all, and all for one” captures that beautifully. I’m really glad the chapter resonated with you.

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I am glad your enjoying it!

Thank you for highlighting this moment. Tomas arriving as the new squire brings a fresh spark into Kaylen’s household, and you captured that sense of purpose beautifully. He may have been sent by another Baron, but already he’s finding common ground with Ronan—a bond that steadies him as he steps into this new life. Kaylen sees that connection forming, and he’s determined to shape both young men into knights who carry honor, loyalty, and compassion into the futures waiting for them. Your reading of their growth means a great deal.

Thank you for such a thoughtful reflection. You captured exactly what Kaylen sees taking shape within those walls. The keep may be stone, but the real work is in shaping character—teaching Tomas and Ronan not just the craft of arms, but the deeper virtues that make a man worthy of the oaths he’ll one day swear. Your line about something living being forged is beautifully said, and very much in the spirit of what this chapter is meant to show. I’m grateful you’re reading so closely and picking up on the quiet brotherhood forming between them.

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Knight and Squire Lessons A messenger arrived at the gate, dust upon his cloak and the seal of Kent upon his hand. He bowed low and offered forth a letter, its wax unbroken, its weight heavy with import. Kaylen took it in silence and carried it down to the Great Hall. The fire burned low upon the hearth, the banners stirred faintly in the draught. He called for Ronan, and the boy came quickly, his blond locks falling about his brow. When he saw it was Kaylen who

You get your own room! They would not think of putting you in with someone else!

Drew I would like to invite you to and all expense payed stay at Bedlam in London.

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Now that is a total lie!