Captain Queen

Kaylan gave a self-deprecating moue in apology for his deformity, before Pardig went on "I am not familiar with your clan name either.  Where is it the Stonehelms hail from?"     The thief got no chance to answer for the two dwarves at the far end of the line suddenly broke ranks.  They came running up as a pair, one dark, one blond, and clapped Kaylan firmly on the shoulder, or at least as close to that point as they could reach.    "I said it was our longshanks, " the dark one said.    "Did you ever find that girl you was looking for?" the other demanded.    The thief stumbled beneath their good natured greeting, but managed to perform another pair of wincing bows.  "Mag-ap-Bruin, Glim-ap-Bruin, " he greeted the darker and the lighter dwarf in turn.  "It has been too long, and much has happened since we last met."    "Indeed it has, indeed it has, Longshanks, " the dwarves replied.    "Ye can vouch for this overgrown Dwarf?" Pardig's query drew a bout of fierce nodding from the brothers ap-Bruin.  "And his companion?"