Northstar Vale Come on, guys! Early worm gets the. . .worm.

Oh. This one was nice. She sucked in a relieved breath, nodding. Yeah. I'm a'right. Just wet, a little chilly, incensed from losing her frog, et cetera, et cetera. . . But she could deal with the pitfalls if this wasn't the mean woman, but someone else instead. Someone like Uncle V.

Who you? she inquired, cocking her head. I'm Lilitu. She'd been practicing her name, having butchered it so badly before. Her name, her sister's, Hotaru's— She was beginning to speak clearly, now, and less like a babe with a mouthful of pebbles.