Northstar Vale To bethlehem it slouched

kallik loved aquene.

but he was also descending into his own head. tamar watched a flock of sparrows wing overhead.

"arsenio has shown me a way to hunt birds in the mountains. we will have to find new things to hunt here," she declared. "i saw the track of a large deer, i think." it was an elk but tamar had not seen such an animal before.

"shall i show you?" she asked, hoping to get more than two words from her friend this time.