“That painted ship of theirs was the finest thing about them. Their faces had lines like grandfathers. Their eyes were bloodshot and dead. They flinched from my animals. “Let me guess,” I said. “You are lost? You are hungry and tired and sad?”
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“We can help pave the roads of those around us, but we can't choose their direction.”
“I'm not one to let such a striking man pass without looking my fill.”
“Erith," he said and bowed his head. Her blue-black hair hung to her hips in soft waves.”
“Jordyn lowered her arms to her sides. "So. This is war?" Baylon nodded. "This is war.”