Dragoncrest Cliffs benediksyon

"we come from rosalyn an' erzulie, who were helped by a woman named caiaphas. in our family, so many who went on to be of de sea elsewhere. erzulie's mot'er was named roux, but dat is as far back as i be knowin'."
something now; "miette. your cousin suzu lef' dis place. she didnae want to birth beside the sea. i tell you, sobeille; you must. a woman has no sum but for us her power is like de sea."
and the ocean must cover boys, must know them also. it was how she chose who would stay and who would be driven out. "you have many aunts: marisol, coraline, clementine, nieve, solaire, arcelia, aminthe, mercy, and of course you know your auntie chacal. name them well, sobeille."