“Many apologies, my Queen,” she said, while slowing the momentum of her twirl, but never really stopping. “If I may…”
And in an apparent peace offering, the woman pulled a glowing bracelet from her wrist and placed it carefully atop Lina’s head, all while twirling around her twice. And then in a similar, single twirl, another bracelet was laid atop Arabel’s head. The diploid woman paused long enough to bow deeply, and promptly got back to the business of full-speed twirling, eventually disappearing into the crowd.
“That was crazy,” Arabel giggled.
“Very.”
The two women looked at each other for a moment, and then in unison said, “tree flower,” and let loose a peal of laughter that was quickly lost in the crescendo of the music.
As they moved forward into the swell, Lina and Arabel reso
