Barrow Fields moonriser

He seemed receptive to her overture, though he said something that made her go still. Pie hadn’t realized any of that, beyond a passing observation. Alaric spoke as though he knew a great deal more about the culture than she obviously did.

How do you know she has a low opinion of men? she questioned, eyes tracking back and forth across his face. I mean, I’ve picked up on some things, but… tell me what you know, Alaric.

She realized she ought to know more, that she should be asking Sobeille rather than Alaric. But she hadn’t. The truth was that Tiuttuk had asked very few question about where Sobeille had come from, partly because Sapphique had come to such a tragic end, but also because she was far too caught up in the present and future to look too closely into the past.