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she wagged her tail, happy to have the explanation. okay, she said, grinning. i am tau-hou now. i see. she wondered how long it took to become a seawolf. how long did it take to get used to all of this? this was so different from anything and everything she had ever known.

now it was his turn to ask her questions, and she obliged with cheer, always enthused at the chance to talk about her birth home--even if it was bittersweet. would she ever see it again?

north, Tahani explained, dipping her nose in that direction. cold. ice and snow. my tongue is Inuttut. the word rolled out her mouth so smoothly, she wanted to cry. god, how she missed the north! and her family even more. having Currituck was a blessing, but. . .Sia, Taki, Shiv.

would she ever see them again?

where you from? here? she asked, trying to get her mind off the subject of her home and onto his instead.