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The invitation cheered Starbuck more than Deirdre could ever know, for these months alone had weighed heavily on her. She had grown up surrounded with more love and friendship than most, this she knew and was greatful for. Her mothers and father loved her dearly, as she was an only child among three parents. She had led a life in which she knew where she belonged, and the limbo of travel was harsh.

Oh, Deirdre, you cannot know how much it pleases me to hear you say this, she said, laying her head over the girl's shoulders affectionately. I must go to find this place that I have seen, but I promise you I shall come to Donnelaith- and what a beautiful name!- if there is nothing for me.

Starbuck listened to the questions and ruminated on them, turning them over in her mind until she could focus the eye that was her mind upon the most important aspects of it. Home was one. Stability. Deirdre spoke the words with hushed reverence, and Starbuck felt more than heard the anxiety behind them. Pull the legs from the crab and cast them before us, their arrangement will show us the answer.