The poor girl was nearly trembling in her seat, her big eyes switching between myself and Mahina, but never daring to look at Kamaria. Mahina and I could at least look like we were here with friendly intentions. Kamaria always looked ready to murder.
“I am afraid I do not know what you mean,” Kamaria said, spinning a pen between her fingers and looking up from her notes. “You say that you would never, but you understand why others would then?”
“No!” The girl immediately exclaimed. “No, that is not what I meant!”
The girl gave a pleading look to Mahina, something a lot of lunas seemed to do. She was their go-to queen before me after all, undoubtedly their instincts told them to turn to her. But Mahina was as unmoved as Kamaria and simply pretended to scribble down some notes.
“How ar
