The Sunspire the prom

The starwoman shook her head. The two I met with are not here. We should go where your heart leads you, she said. Sialuk could not spend time looking for men who were not here. Their scents had long been replaced by those of strangers, and she did not think they would know where the general and the clouded spirit had gone. He would find his way back to her in his own time, she believed.

Your father built his village on this peak, yes? she asked, peering up at the spire's summit.