Northstar Vale artificer

-Ah,- Towhee signed her understanding when Zosime elaborated, pausing before adding out loud, Nah, nothing’s ever happened to me before, and winked.

The Atoma had made herself comfortable, so Towhee did the same, easing down onto her haunches a few feet from the water’s edge. She didn’t want to get any closer to the young girl and this seemed like a good distance to keep Zosime out of the splash zone in case of any coughing or sneezing.

-“I was born in a place called Redhawk Caldera. I could tell you my life story but it would drag on for ages. Is there any particular sort of story you’d like to hear, specifically? Like, something adventurous? Or tragic?”- There were a lot of those. -”Scary? Maybe all of the above?”-