Two Rivers Isle invisible string

The conversation took her just a moment to parse. The woman's name was Eshe, she was — pregnant? It was hard for Ingiullik to understand, having not been privy to the rest of the conversation. She listened with her eyes pinging back and forth between them. When they landed on an invitation, her tail began to spin.

"Here?" she asked, eyes wide on the woodland around them. Already, it seemed a warmer place to her. A beatific smile graced her features. "I would like this," she declared, looking to Winterbourne for permission for half a second before she remembered: I do what I want!

What a strange thing to forget.

She looked back to Eshe.

"I must find a den! — Truly? We might look for one among you and your husband?"

She glowed; Winterbourne had called her his wife. He had called her honeybee, which she was growing to love with devastating fervor.