Bramblepoint red-hawk for dinner

Albinism. Aureli blinked, surprised to hear the word used by a stranger. Few had known what he was talking about when he'd used it in the past. And, no, he did not think there was much he could do for albinism, but something about the situation kept him rooted there, pondering.

"What is the problem exactly?" he asked her. His eyesight? Other birth defects? Most of his experience with the trait came from a commune that he and Ulysses had aided for a time; their albinism had been a product of inbreeding, and with that had come a host of other issues.

He began to wonder how he might delicately inquire about the boy's heritage.