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Far out, ht, slapped down Then, nothing The one
"So" Laoina turned to take in the view The beach itself, ht, bounded on the west by a low headland evergreen with scrub and trees grown distorted under the constant pressure of wind Hills rose up behind them, pock fresh to eat"
Two Fingers waded back to shore They dragged the boat up the beach and sheltered it in a cave, blocking the entrance with driftwood, and stowing a cache of weapons, too many for them to carry A trail led past shellfish beds, populated by a flock of annoyed oyster catchers, who protested, kleeping, as the four humans raided the rich tidal pools Out of the wind, they found a hollow that showed signs of previous habitation: a fire pit, a lean-to woven out of branches, a pile of discarded flint shavings and broken tools Shelldriftwood, Adica struck a fire
They rested here, rinsing the salt out of their clothing and hair in a nearby stream
Adica pulled Alain aside into the shelter of a copse of low trees She was greedy for him It was a curse to want someone so badly that you would make demands on hi nectar He kissed her eagerly--he always did, like so
It was a little aard, with hi was exactly the thing to take one’s mind off pain and anxiety? So it had proved for her
She dozed a little, after Walking the looe to worry and be afraid and angry at fate made her so tired Live now, each moment, each kiss
She woke to Laoina’s call The dogs swar at his swollen hand He laughed and shoved them away For the first time, he could close his bitten hand halfway, and that made him kiss her so passionately that finally Laoina had to coentle prod of her spear, remind them that it was time toa fallen log to catch the sunlight It was a hot day, quickly felt as they walked
They hiked a trail obviously used for part of the year, grown over but distinct, a pleasant path with heights and falls The landscape of oak wood and pine opened frequently into bright clearings Ivy twined up the oaks and the shrub layer grew in sos often ran off to lose the and rattling branches, never losing track of Alain but often out of his sight Madder grew across the path, and butcher’s broom spread in dense shrubs It was very different than the forest she was ht they sheltered in another campsite, made pleasant by the addition of several lean-tos, branches bowed and covered with thatch to provide shelter The clouds had blown off, and the night was unusually war in a shelter
"This is a winter caers as he and Adica her here in the south
"Look at the Sisters and the Bull," she said, as Laoina translated "Can it be true that su equinox"
Yet what could she do? That was the curse of the loo you up in bites All she could do was live in the day given her It would have to be enough
In theLaoina skinned and roasted three rabbits that had been trapped overnight in snares while Adica spread a poultice of bramble leaves and co When they had done, they set the cas, and set out Laoina hung the scraped rabbit skins over her back so that she sees as she walked She knew these lands well enough to comment on familiar landmarks She had sojourned here for e of Horn’s people, and she knew the na Not even Two Fingers had her knowledge of the land He had, so he said, lived with Horn’s people when he was a boy, to study with her--Horn had been a woman already when he was a boy--but he had been so taken up with the arts of the ancient ones and the caverns in which the secrets of her ancestors lay concealed that he had often gone for days without seeing the light of the sun
"To the place of caves I will take you now, to see if there is truth to the words of the Walking One frorievous news"