Horizon Ridge all your letters in the sand

omg yes i love wylla

a voice from below caught his ear, and he looked down to find a girl, perhaps around pema's age, staring up at him. the meaning of her words took a moment to sink in, but when they finally did, he shook his head, looking rueful.

"what demons were there are surely gone, now," aditya called back. "i almost drowned, this past autumn."

he peered to get a closer look at her, face incredulous. who was this girl, to interrupt his mourning? it certainly wasn't anyone he had seen before. perhaps one of the ravensblood group. . .no, she didn't carry the scent of that bleeding-sap forest. "who are you?" he asked, his voice fairly unfriendly but not altogether unkind.