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Ghar Dien ?/47 ?/70
Alrod obviously lived alone, for he had not displayed any need of social contact with Ghar Dien throughout the day. After a utilitaristic meal, the man chose a book from a shelf and retreated to his own room. Ghar looked over the books carefully, making a mental note of what books he would like to read and in what order. The life of a hermit, even a godly hermit, is devoid of most simple things like books, and Ghar's mind was starving for something with which to occupy itself. After making the list, Ghar took the first book from the list, the "Makings of Fate" and started reading it. Deeply lost within the pages of the book, Ghar hardly noticed that Alrod has prepared dinner, in a utilitaristic fashion simillar to the lunch he had before. Ghar took the book to the table, and without ever taking his eyes off it, ate the bread and cheese. When he reached for more bread and found none on the place where it was before, he looked up, and saw that Alrod was reading his book too. Ghar went back to his matress, and continued to read through the whole book before blowing the candle out to sleep.
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