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Junior grinned, then without a word she bent over the hare and tore off a bite. As she chewed, she quipped, "All right, you turn." She then swallowed the gob of meat and licked her chops before falling still and giving her fellow yearling a long, searching look.

"Saena said you had some bad news about the bay," Junior said after letting the silence stretch on for a moment. She didn't want to guess, not really, but she couldn't help but ask, "Is it Ragnar? Or Thistle?" Had something happened to one of them? Or both of them? Was the bay even around anymore? Was Gunnar only here because it wasn't? Questions swarmed her brain, yet she held her tongue pending his reply.