Dragoncrest Cliffs let me tell you that I saw your boyfriend walking down the street

at times, sobeille wished she could crack open skulls and examine their contents -- the way a child might do to an overturned rock and the civilization of lesser creatures underneath it.

she would have found saint's conflicted views of who she was very intriguing.

saint sported an accent. sobeille was used to the rest of the world not sounding the way those of sapphique did, but she didn't understand not being from anywhere. everyone came from something. it was impossible to not exist without a vast network of prior connections.

'ow is dat possible? you must 'ave 'ad a maman. sobeille missed the cues that this was something saint would likely prefer not to speak of.