Moonsong Glacier rises the moon

He spoke to her of his mother, then of a hot spring to the south. She shook her head with a purse of her lips.

I have never gone that way in these wilds. Curious eyes sought Valiant’s face, as Vairë twisted her ears, one to the side, one up. Like a confused pup.

I have only ever been to the Spine, and to the shore. I was born upon the spine, I left it once to journey north. And then I moved to the shore, only briefly, with my ex husband. Thinking of Rhaegal still hurt, a bruise she couldn’t help but press against to see if it still did.

He left myself and our three children there alone. I moved back home after that.