Jade Fern Grove 'Cause everybody knows something I don't wanna know

mae frostfur-mayfair. it sounded foreign, that name, in a way dinah couldn't describe. it didn't suit the scrappy, rough-and-tumble nature that she saw; but she supposed she didn't look much like a godly girl herself anymore. i'm, um, i'm dinah. dinah redhawk.
why'd you scream? ah — you heard that? of course she had. mae hadn't thought dinah knew the fuck word. her face floods with the warmth of embarrassment. i, uh, i'm a botanist. i wanted to go learn about the native plants around here, until i realized it's-- there's snow. the flowers are all dead, her laugh echoes and only solidifies the awkwardness of it all. i guess i could study the trees, but they're all kinda... the same tree. so. i don't know.