celtic lore

she looked upon him, and taltos knew then that spirits moved in this place, for they beckoned from the look that conferred knowingness upon his own soul. his gesture was callow, filled with disuse, for it was not often at all that the man looked upon another who conversed with the shadows, but he sent a single thought arrow-like toward the child: i know you. he meant this in a general sense -- he had never seen the woman before, but knew naturally that they were bonded by way of their closeness with the invisible spectres roundabout.

taltos felt the irritation of the male who gazed upon them with blood-eyes; he turned his own murkwater stare upon the man, wondering why he had found himself so riddled with ire. the child was lovely, yes, and she had looked upon taltos with an expression she had not given unto the other man, but the druid did not understand what appeared to be jealousy.