Felltree Marsh Always doubled up inside

That's not how it is where I came from, Tybault confessed softly. He wasn't looking at Etienne anymore, but a bright-feathered bird perched somewhere in the distance. It was easier to focus on that. The Gilded Sea. Real shitty place. You'd think knowing that would make it easier to let go.

But it didn't.

He drew in a slow, tremulous breath. The first time my father caught me staring at some boy, he threatened to castrate me, His grin was wry, but his eyes were dark with grief. He meant it, too. So I never looked again. Not where he could see me.

Now he's gone. And now there's this guy - He cut himself off with a brief, nervous laugh. I don't know what I'd call him. He sticks around. I don't know why. And I can't get him out of my head.