[ Astrid hasnโt broached this topic with anyone else yet who wasnโt present at the actual fight. She uncorks the jug and takes a deep swig of the wine, to brace herself; wipes her mouth on the back of her hand and then floats closer, so she can slide the jug towards him. Worrying at her bottom lip, trying to find the right words: ]
I dunno how much you know about Avvar holds, but we each have this animal— this spirit— more accurate to say itโs, like, the entire fucking heart of our community. Ours was a wolf. He started behavingโฆ strangely. He left our territory, following rifts, so I followed him out of the mountains to see if I could find out what was wrong.
[ A beat. ] Riftwatch said, later, that he was Fade-touched. Not that I know much about that stuff.
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[ Astrid hasnโt broached this topic with anyone else yet who wasnโt present at the actual fight. She uncorks the jug and takes a deep swig of the wine, to brace herself; wipes her mouth on the back of her hand and then floats closer, so she can slide the jug towards him. Worrying at her bottom lip, trying to find the right words: ]
I dunno how much you know about Avvar holds, but we each have this animal— this spirit— more accurate to say itโs, like, the entire fucking heart of our community. Ours was a wolf. He started behavingโฆ strangely. He left our territory, following rifts, so I followed him out of the mountains to see if I could find out what was wrong.
[ A beat. ] Riftwatch said, later, that he was Fade-touched. Not that I know much about that stuff.