“And me?” Saig asked.
“You’re a product of this world, through both your mother and me. You aren’t cursed yourself, or bound by our rules. And as for mortality...no child of ours has ever been completely immortal, as far as we know. Some have died from wounds or disease. Some lived the lifespan of any other human. Some remained in the prime of their lives for centuries before aging and dying.” Centuries? Was her father that old, then? She didn’t think she wanted to live to a comparable age—but then, she’d probably die for Running Water long before that, all things considered.
Her father proceeded to tell her much, on the way back. Many things that only partly made sense to her. Some of it, her mother hadn’t even known. Some of it, he saved for a more politically relevant conversation he
