That settles it. "Where I come from, men like you are called Maesters. They are very learned. A maester was my teacher when I was a boy, and another was a friend to me when I was a little older -- the wisest man I ever knew."
He says that with a little shrug: he does not mean to give Cadfael too much to live up to. But the man has an unassuming manner. It doesn't seem likely that he'd feel much of a need to live up to Maester Aemon. It does seem, a little, that the two men might have liked each other.
When Cadfael asks about all the sick and injured, dismay creeps into Jon's expression, which is rapidly turning inward.
"Not quite that. Some of the people here were stolen away, and the people who took them hurt them. Not all of the ones who were taken and hurt were my friends, but -- well, no one deserves that. Some were badly off. They are resting now, trying to find their strength again."
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He says that with a little shrug: he does not mean to give Cadfael too much to live up to. But the man has an unassuming manner. It doesn't seem likely that he'd feel much of a need to live up to Maester Aemon. It does seem, a little, that the two men might have liked each other.
When Cadfael asks about all the sick and injured, dismay creeps into Jon's expression, which is rapidly turning inward.
"Not quite that. Some of the people here were stolen away, and the people who took them hurt them. Not all of the ones who were taken and hurt were my friends, but -- well, no one deserves that. Some were badly off. They are resting now, trying to find their strength again."