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Well, shucks, at least Kukutux explained it nicely. Ibis once more replied as if she were a baby, and Lilitu huffed a sigh, wanting to burrow deep into the earth and never surface again. She could have handled this on her own. Instead, her mother had made her look foolish in front of a beautiful stranger.

Thanks, she said, trying but failing to keep the sullen note from her tone as she addressed the ethereal woman, then echoed, Good luck.

With heavy steps she followed after Ibis, more than ready to separate from her mother's eagle eye once they were back in the fen. A day out, completely ruined. Why couldn't she just grow up and be on her own, already?