The Sentinels i will never let your people go

she was perceptive, precociously so, and he felt the weight of her knowing eyes upon him. holding them for a long series of moments, lasher gave a barely perceptible nod. yes, yes there is more, he let slip quietly into his gaze.

her words surprised him, but only for a moment. "a selkie," lasher repeated. it was an answer, though not the one he had accepted, and he was delighted. "what would you ask of it?" taltos inquired, their talk of herd-bringing magicks forgotten for now.