Rising Sun Valley [m] reckoning

upon that music he rose, seeking to clasp her to him then. he did not tease; lestan responded as powerfully as if he had been puppeted himself.
he a spirit, and for a time, she a witch.
mayfair! mayfair, sang golden glen-runner.
resplendent and restored to whatever stamina she needed; he would go away. he would linger here. it did not matter; in the absence of his talisman it became she.