Northstar Vale kilaun ↭

she did not know if she had ever felt so bare before the eyes of a stranger. the thought harried her, chafed the small proud portion of the duck's mind, cultivated despite her childhood lessons.

"you remind me of the sea," the slight girl answered without guile. she was not afraid of sedna, only nervous to be suddenly thrust into the deity's eye. had the goddess come to judge her for what transpired between she and agana?

"it is polite to be ... not direct," she finished lamely, ashamed of her poor command in the common language when she had been in the wilds long enough to learn it.