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Soon Shikoba joined her on the ground to lounge and recover from the spar. Towhee maneuvered herself so she could better see the other woman's face and at least partly free her limbs to sign as she spoke.

-"About five years, give or take?"- she guessed, still oblivious that today was actually her birthday. -"Pretty much since the day I was born. I was born feisty."- Towhee mulled over what her younger self would think of her today, her lips twitching at the thought.

Looking to the sivullik again, she added, -"There's always more to learn. We can teach each other."- Perhaps this was the start of a long and beautiful friendship, Towhee thought. She hoped so, though she knew so few tended to hit the first mark in these Teekon Wilds.

-"Anyway, what about you? Where did you learn?"- In other words, where did Shikoba come from and what was her story?