Firefly Glen [wp] i'm not ready to die

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it would have moved sobeille deeply to know that ajei held that memory of her close to her chest. as it was, she examined the thoughtful expression of her friend, reading carefully all the things unspoken there in ajei's rich jade eyes.

in her past life, ajei believed she was an otter. sobeille wondered in her own past life, if she had been a seal -- had they ever met? perhaps where fresh-water spilled out to sea, the two met -- wet noses damp and inquisitive as they touched.

tante sobeille. sobeille reaffirmed with a wide grin, a flush of pride overwhelming her chest. an' when i be 'avin' kids -- she leveled ajei a look that said not now, but maybe some day, i be wantin' dem to know deir tante ajei, and all deir cousins.

the idea of her children growing alongside ajei's stirred sobeille's quickly beating heart. she could not change her childhood -- but she could see to it that her own children had a safer, happier one.