Moonspear we just sell different parts of ourselves

"i was to find a wife for him but —" the agony was still fresh as caribou tracks in new snow, for she had seen too much death and could find no words to stomach its telling.

instead she let the surprise push back the bleakness: he had been here before, had been been trained by hydra. "thank you. she is a great woman," the duck remarked of her sister. "and i have made a meeting with the empress of yuelong, though it was some moons ago."

a comfortable silence followed. the duck sighed into the wind. "be careful where you place your feet. grandfather bear has awakened too early and he is angry."