Broken Antler Fen cherimoya

She shrugged. It was okay, she replied. I had more friends there. Well, sort of. My sister, Arielle, was still around, and there was this girl named Hotaru, too. Now they both were gone, and she was having to grow up perhaps quicker than normal because she was just surrounded by adults. No children to be seen around here.

Wait a minute, Lilitu burst out, abruptly shifting the topic. Did you say wolves that lived with ravens?! Like. . .the birds?

Because that seemed really cool. Birds were everywhere, but they didn't live with them. Can you talk to them? she added, ears cupping forward in fascination. Because Wraen says you can talk to other species if you know their language. Like, uh, the way they sound and all that. Or even body language.