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Ah, Ariadne acknowledged, knowing he would tell her more if he'd wanted. Something was going on, but, for now, she figured it wasn't her business to divulge further, even if she really wanted to know.

I will have to visit sometime and bring some fur and meat. I want to see and tend to my sea-sister's ulaq. while Ariadne wondered what state her sister's grave was in, she did not press. It wasn't his job to keep up with the grave, nor was it anybody's job, really, but it was something that she wanted to take on now that she'd returned. Plus, it'd be nice to show the children the ocean for the first time and have them meet @Rodyn and their cousins.

She studied him, feeling guilt curdle in her gut at his question, and she sighed and frowned. We went many places—north to Tartok, where I became Issumatar for a time, and then south to Cedar Sweep, where we tried to establish our tree village, and failed miserably. She hesitated. We were fools, Chakliux. We should have never left, and we hurt so many others in the process of doing what I thought was right, and for what? What did she have to show for all the pain that they'd caused?