"She showed us a bit about you. I always wondered what sort of man could compete with books and weather for her attention." Tris glares at him, but Briar only grins back. "A pleasure, Harry."

She takes one of Silna's hands when she notices the other woman hanging back, and tells her brother, "Silna lived in the arctic of Harry's world. We have new languages to learn, and she's never seen a garden before." In other words, this will be an adjustment, so be gentle.

She gestures toward the inn with her free hand. "Come meet my sisters?"

Tris knows Briar will come along out of curiosity if nothing else, and her instinct says to get introductions over with and then get settled into a private room so Silna doesn't have to deal with a press of new people and unfamiliar situations.any longer than necessary.