Ocean's Breath Plateau silver sparrow

if red leaf knew what her baby boy was thinking, she would have crumbled right then and there.
she leans upon the strong shoulder of the seal hunter, sobered by the musk of seabrine upon his pelt. when was the last time she had so much as touched a man who was not cen?
hobbling, she feels all the blood pool at her feet and fights off the blackness which swirls at the edges of her vision. she must — be better. be stronger. she is lanzadoii. she is lanzadoii. she is lanzadoii.
wasn't she?
the sea roars ominously behind them as she and her son are carted further into moontide's territory than she had ever been thus far. she wished she never had to hear it again.