Totoka River faience

Something materialized whence there had been nothing, shaking like the wind, lurching like a zombie in the cold. She caught a glimpse of his gaze- upon her, and like a precious gem- and she began to move his way steadily, curious. The empress was nearing him when a voice shouted, with a word she did not know, and she twisted her head to glance at a small reddish creature not too far away, moving about wildly. Dancing was something she knew about, usually practiced by those lower class women who would entertain the nobles, but this was nothing like the smooth rhythms of home, and quite foreign indeed. She squinted, Um, She murmured, and without taking her gaze from the freak, made her way over to the pale boy. She halted beside him, and finally took her gaze from the dancing fox, wondering if the cold was beginning to make her hallucinate. Um, hi, are you- are you okay? Huā breathed, trying not to get distracted.