Deepwood Weald [m] red flax

the shadow girl lurked in the deepwood. she had the sense of some impending change in the air, and heard the call of chakliux of the seal hunters.

she listened to the names: dutch, simbelmyne, and herself, which was a surprise.

given the last conversation she held with dutch, which included thoughts of the shaman of the sunshine-people, she was reluctant to appear.

the girl stalked the weald until she saw the pale outline of chakliux; she saw dutch and the wife, and then the dark shape of -- cen?

brow furrowed, she deigned to stay hidden, but moved to have an eye-line with her cousin and the seal hunter, to watch and to learn.