In any case, she came. She stood silently in the back, scuffing at the sand with a hoof, her eyes dim with distant daydreams about crystal and ghosts and fire. The sun glimmered on the fiery rose that adorned her brow, tied carefully into her growing mane; so, too, did it reflect prettily in the blue-green whale that hung about her neck. The girl sighed as the meeting dragged on, listening half-heartedly to Tae’s declaration to become a healer. Several others, unknown to the girl, spoke up as well.
At the end of the meeting, before Aithniel could depart with Sohalia, Vinati skipped forward, having determined that the new Sultana should make use of her skills and deciding that she would say something about it. Upon arriving before the demi-goddess, the girl nodded her head in a respectful bow before launching into her whimsical tones. ”Hello! I’m Vinati. I’d like to help the crafters, please. I can already make things out of crystal – see?” Here she gestured to the whale upon her breast and the rose twined in her hair. ”So can I help?”
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