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there it was. mahler did not know what had persuaded sequoia to say such a thing. and he was surprised anew to know that wylla had spent time with the aforementioned children. "you know that i am not their father," he said softly. 
her temper remained, and he was not sure if it might spill out again. "she said she has been avoiding you." the words were gentle. wylla would not care, mahler suspected. she might think it even agreeable.
his look fell then to where she had put the duck.
"you are somevone who ... has me in a vay no vone else does. and all of rivenvood knows it. she is raising four children alone."
"praimfaya's children," he reminded her in the next breath, hesitantly, and then a pause. "i vant her to see you as more here, more than anger, vylla. she deserves your respect, even if you vere not here for vhat rivenvood vas before."