"Hey, it's OK," Jayn said softly, thinking that Milo was scared and confused by all the loud noises that were (unfortunately for him) characteristic of a town marketplace. She stopped where she was standing and took a second to just cuddle him, patting his side. When she thought he'd calmed down, she kept walking until she reached a familiar forge. "Hello, Piotr."
Her friend, a burly man with a bald head and an apron stained with ash, cried out in happiness. "Janis! It has been years! Two at least, eh?" Then he noticed the goat and smiled. "Hello, little one." Piotr reached out a curious hand. Jayn snickered and brought Milo close enough so Piotr could pet him. "Such a beautiful creature..."
"He's got a mark, some kind of engraving, on his collar. When Pietro was done admiring the smallest Sankt, he looked where Jayn indicated and sighed.
"That's Kovalyov. Best blacksmith in Kerch. Curly bronze hair and a trimmed goatee." So the little goat had come all the way from Kerch? Jayn sighed, knowing that her journey was going to be longer than expected.
"Thank you." She fished out some coins and pressed them into Piotr's hand, then waved him off when he tried to return them. "Tell your girls I said hello." Then she was heading back to her horse. "Milo, Milo. Just how in the world did you run all the way away from Kerch?" she asked him, giving him a disapproving look. "If you weren't so cute, I'd be mad."