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She was nervous, just a little. Sega had already as good as accepted Dreama, sight unseen, at Angel's request. She didn't think he would go back on it, now. But she wanted Dreama to think well of him, and him of her, and that meant this first meeting had to go perfectly — only there was no such thing as perfection.

She felt oddly weightless as he came into sight. Her chin lifted slightly in greeting, and then she remembered to dip her head instead.

"Sega," she said, both in greeting, and to give his name to Dreamgirl. "This is Dreamgirl. I call her mother Grandmother."

Then Etienne arrive, looking as wild and windswept as they say they'd met. Her tail wheeled in pleasure.

"And Etienne! A new friend of mine," she explained, greeting him with a happy smile. "Etienne, Dreama — this is Sega. He is chief in this land. He has been very kind to me."

Introductions made, she went silent, unsure what to do next.