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Sialuk observed as Seal began to apply the poultice, and the starwoman smiled at Seal's expression when she tasted the bitter herbs. When she yelped, the medic tensed for a brief moment, but it seemed only a passing pain. It would have happened even if it had been Sialuk's trained self doing the application, and she relaxed a second later, her eyes softening on Meerkat's daughter.

The girl began to speak, slowly at first, then more quickly and fervently. Seal confessed that she had angered a spirit—disturbed a grave—and Sialuk looked at her with unease. She had not known this thing, but now she wished that she had as soon as it had happened. It is difficult to put such a thing right, but it can be done. When you are well, we will make amends with the spirits. The seer made a note to consult the bones when she returned to the ulaq. The spirits would guide her to set things right.