5/10/2026, 2:19 AM
what is 'shot?'elk charm asked, shaking her head to dislodge a particularly clinging piece of gristle.
a claw. she crooked her own and dragged it along the belly of the fish, not slicing, only to demonstrate.
first, that. then -- make wide,she went on, motioning with her palms in a gesture of spreading.
see bones? see belly dark? take all.
it would taste of silt and brackish water, but she had learned that such portions carried much strength when eaten in mouthfuls.
if you bring fish, i make like this. or cut, give sun,she faltered with a little laugh, trying to indicate how the meat could be dried.
you do not say father. you say 'brother of father,'she observed, her eyes raising to those of cecil.
there were ways other than her own, but this felt familiar, the substitution of uncle for father where she had known her own.
what you take, you keep,added the sharadoii with a bright look to her eyes.
