Blackwater Islands schism

though he noticed the wispmother's absence, he had no reason to care; she had been nothing to him but a spigot, and the listener had imprinted herself upon them early.

ptolemy stepped forward as she urged him towards the meat.  it was unlike him to be the first to anything, as he often preferred to observe, but unaware of his siblings' hesitance he allowed instinct to take hold and consumed their offering.