Whitebark Stream i'll take the sweat from your palms,

"a boy, vorripa. vell, that is not quite his name, but, ach," he said in frustration of his own heavy accent. "a girl, skaigona. they are vild already. she plays vell vith the others, but he has yet to learn it." all said with some pride and no dearth of affection.
he drew a breath. rivenwood would raise them now, as much as they had raised astraeus. but mahler meant to be more diligent with this pair, having learned from his mistakes. easier to be father to many rather than papa to the same number, and fail each.
he did not like to think of them without praimfaya. "i should have seen it, her — restlessness."