Wheeling Gull Isle here we go.

she had to think. ruo was a well-known recluse, even coming to the wilds, not many cousins knew of her, and barely remembered so. she often strayed away from family, so the cruelty of men was not much to her, "woman are ruthless," but, there was others. she wasn't destroyed by the men, but the woman who should've been her allies.

"men cruel to others. i stay away." as she always has.