Dragoncrest Cliffs Of moon, of sea

ajei explained what starhunter was with patent patience. the epithet seemed so romantic to sobeille, who was used to rank titles named after rocks. the older she got, the more she realized her corner of the world was incredibly small. the rest of the world was a colorful mosaic just waiting for her to discover it and frame into into pieceworthy segments all her own.

you caught dis otter. sobeille pointed out - she still believed an otter was the creature known as a beaver, just in another tongue -- and in her estimation, those things had rank teeth and fierce temperaments. they were not to be hunted lightly. so mebbe you will get dere. sobeille's voice was unusually encouraging. she could not say why it meant so much to her that ajei had thought of her -- had killed for her -- but she now had a dark room in her heart, reserved solely for ajei. i am not like my maman at all. i don't t'ink. so, mebbe it is okay to be different too. do you know what a pearl ceremony be, ajei?