Whitebark Stream luftschloss

"that vill teach me to underestimate the fish." a quirk of his lips, and then iana coolly unravelled him a second time. mahler wanted to say that he had not come for it, but had been pleased by the sight all the same, until the crush of guilt and of awareness careened into his mind.
"i brought a plant," he said softly, nosing at the pair of odd red flowers with an orange center. "i vas vondering, first, if you vere here, and secondly, if you might know vhat this vas."
would iana be disappointed to know he had only come in the guise of a doktor?