On one hand (and this is a very large hand), it's patronizing to have an arm offered so quickly. On the other hand... On the other hand, Roshanak is getting decidedly annoyed at having to be in this form, and starting to be tired at the concentration required. Her teachers would say it was her own fault, for not practising: this does not, in anyway, make it better.

So she swallows her pride, and accepts the woman's offer. She doesn't exactly need it, but it'd be churlish to refuse. K

"A seat would... It would actually be very useful," she admits.