It would be nice to have someone to talk to. Sam hadn't had that for such a long time. He'd been a pet, a curiosity in the courts, and before that? He missed home, but he wasn't sure there was anyone there who would remember him. It had been such a long time.

"You're not interrupting. Be nice to have someone else to watch camp too." Even if he'd probably be setting his own wards, just in case.

He grabbed the biggest of the jars and heaved it off the shelf to set on the floor, then climbed up the shelves themselves to look at the higher ones.