Wheeling Gull Isle A ghost beneath the tower.

we can continue to get a solid grasp of nuka's knowledge of the history, if thats ok with you? : )

Nukilik held a nervousness, and Huā smiled softly, charmed again. Of course I will help you- a good empress helps her people. That was her personal belief, but she thought it to be true- a man only had as much power as his people gave him. There was a saying back home, 民以食为天， meaning food was most important to the people, and people most important to their leader. A leader who could not feed his people would be overthrown... and Huā was always trying to feed her people, even in the less literal sense.

The island belongs to me, yes, but... I have a younger brother here... perhaps if you choose to seek an arrangement, I can find a place for you in my family. You are welcome to stay, and I am eager to hear your stories. Yunxu was younger than Nuka, but would be old enough to father this spring. Raised back home; he was likely familiar with what a good husband looked like already... and she wondered if, in leaving home to search for Huā and her sisters, he had abandoned any potential arrangements with other family's daughters. Nuka was not the perfect age for him... but she was getting ahead of herself. If Nuka made the choice, Yunxu would be there... until then, the empress shelved her consideration.

When Nukilik asked after what had happened in their absence, Huā laughed in a way almost exasperated. Where I can start? In spring I had a litter of children, And here she paused, debating whether to reveal her shame to one who understood the importance of marriage- But... I was not married. She sighed, shaking her head to herself and thinking of Mal, and the complexity of their relationship. If you remember Ying... she has gone south and gotten married, had children. Huā wanted to focus on the positive as much as possible, and thus avoided mentioning her sister's memory loss. Because there was already enough negative stuff- In the summer, some violent people moved into the forest near us on the beach. Yuèlóng has allies now, so we work together and remove them, but they are still in other places, in the mountains. Living on the mainland right now seemed frightening, never knowing where the saints were lurking, and thus Huā believed it best to stay safe in their little island paradise. If you think you may travel, I can tell you more about who to be careful for... but I do not want to bore you with it, if not. She laughed and blushed, ears flattening bashfully to her head.