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The stranger—Faeryn—asks her about the water and Furi’s ears fall back, smiling a little awkwardly. Part of her doesn’t want to tell her why, embarrassed that she feels like scratching her skin off. By now, she can feel the itch again all over, especially in the spots that have opened up into sores near her rear and on her toes. “I was… I was trying to clean my feet off,” she explains, though it is vague at best. She holds one foot up to show the raw toes, lacking in fur, and feels heat rise in her cheeks of embarrassment. “I was going back home to find out healer but I stopped here and the water cooled them off.”

They don’t talk much longer. She hears a call from the direction of Drageda and she dismisses herself for return home.