Ankyra Sound just like the rug in my bedroom growing up

the shadow cuts through the thick of it, directly to her heart.  why she was here was a longer story than she was willing to tell.  she couldn't give up those secrets so easily.  but what she sought was an easier thing to discuss, and the answer she felt would cover both questions.

i'm looking for somewhere to stay with my sisters, she explains.  two of them.  but one is gravely ill.  she glanced at the ground.  the one who is sick is an adept healer.  the one who isn't is still learning.  cold, perhaps, and had lazuline been here she might have protested.  but it was true.