Moonspear A Face with Eyes and Ears

Elentari healed. Argent was still away. Sialuk found solace in the quiet of winter. Her children grew, and soon, Seal would come of age. Already she had planned where to send the girl, and she would seek her out in a few more days time. The girl, almost a young woman, was growing into quite the apprentice. Sialuk was loathe to lose her, only for a month, but she thought it a good experience to force the girl outside of her comfort zone. She would grow quickly among others she did not know, and there was much to learn where the starwoman intended to send her pupil.
The Ostrega lingered on the border today, her ears pricked toward the sound of a voice she did not recognize. A newcomer, perhaps? She moved fluidly across the mountain's side, finding the caller upon her doorstep.

This woman greets you, she said. I am called Sialuk. The other woman smelled of seasalt, and Sialuk wondered if she was perhaps from the village her late sister had founded.