Chapter thirteen
Dylloriah, the green valley
(The Tollyn, Two)The Autochthones find the Innocent, Geya. They, themselves, insure their own survival. She carries the sign of the Dawnmaid within her.
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One late spring day, as Katkin bent over to dislodge a stubborn weed from the ranks of the r****h and carrot shoots in the vegetable plot, she heard a snatch of song and the sound of harness bells drifting through the branches of the oak trees. She glanced up briefly but did not bother to investigate further. Though a kindred of Firaithi traders must be passing close by, Katkin knew they would neither stop nor talk to her. The Firaithi kept very much to themselves on their journeys through Yr.
As the sound of their caravans faded into the distance she went back to the weeding. The s
