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Today, Aypi flew once around the village and decided that nothing of interest remained, so she headed out into the desert. After a while, she turned toward the city. Since her people would move there soon, it was only fitting she see it.
A person’s accomplishments often prove the opposite of their intentions. What goal had propelled Aypi from the sea bottom, if not to make herself known to, and take revenge on, the men who had once sanctioned her? She had done so, but the result brought her no joy, since her actions only hastened the obliteration of the village and drove the inhabitants away. How much or little was beside the point – her accomplishment was the reverse of her intention, so all that remained was to see the new place they’d obediently land in.
Soon she was flying along
