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Much as she hated to leave her youngest children, Marina followed Leonore from the Sound, leaving them tucked safely away in the den. Something was troubling the girl, she thought, and it was a mother's role to find out what it was. Perhaps she wasn't Leonore's mother — but she was as close as the girl had, though the Sapphique woman had thought to claim her.

When she found the girl, Marina approached in silence. She sat beside her, glancing only once at Leonore and the desolate expression she wore. Then she turned her gaze out to the wilds beyond. Do you want to talk about it? She asked softly.