Long Lost Leaves

[Aikanáro]

He could, and yet would not. Tabrîl had her answer, and she would accept it.

'Seth'enati,' she said to Radagast, perfectly formal, an unspoken appreciation that he had answered her at all.

Haldis' question, though, she did not care to discuss. 'You would not understand it, if I tried to explain,' she said defensively.

She looked then to Abasi. What did he mean, to suggest they play now? It hardly seemed appropriate to her - but she would not refuse, the Game was important enough to her that the opportunity to play was welcome, even now.

'If you would,' she said to him, and began to walk away from the group, hoping he would follow. The circle ought to be a distance from the uwindi, if not the seth'enati.