Blackfeather Woods lighter than an eiderdown

Okay. That didn't quite answer her question. Her tilted head twisted several degrees further, before she shook herself out of her puzzled trance, blinking a couple of times before speaking again.

"He's nice. He's my mentor," she explained patiently, wondering if the woman even knew what that was. Unlike Relmyna, she did speak a few words, but her accent was halting, and the girl wondered briefly if there was something wrong with her. She seemed all right, but. . .

Maegi sat down with Shivali, two white figures in the dark woods, one bigger, one smaller. "Where are you from?" Maegi asked, hoping that the woman would understand that, at least.