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We will, Sialuk assured him with a gentle smile. She watched as he struggled to stand, and Sialuk stayed at the ready in case he needed her help. Like many stubborn men, he refused the assistance.

Just there, she said, her muzzle pointing to the spear's lower slopes.

I am called Sialuk Ostrega, and the village Moonspear. How should I call you? she asked. She waited a moment longer, then began to make slow, steady steps toward home. He would be the second patient to come to the healing ulaq. Zyraena had been there not so long, though there had been no sign of the woman's sister in Sialuk's travels east.