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The fact this stranger knew of Kalika - whom Hemithea had only met in passing herself - made her give pause. She was not any more or less eager to ingratiate herself with this man than before; by virtue of his gender he was a lesser being, and he must've known this, for he knew of the Nereides. If he were one of them then Hemithea wanted to distance herself evermore — the hairs on the back of her neck and shoulders lifted in an array of uncertainty, electrified by her indecision, as she fought the desire to flee.

She licked her lips and drawled, No, in the mother tongue, and then flashed her teeth, and pulled away from his company.
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