Season of the Spring, Day 20, 509 AV The woman was silent at the news, mulling her short explanation over. She remembered the ceremony, though vaguely. "You cannot change the gods' will," the woman said. "An Everlasting ... I do not have the courage to join with a man, permanently, that way, like you. I feel, I feel that it ties a woman down. There is so much more to do. I simply do not want to bear children and become old at the fireside." Reshimi was always at a loss, never knowing if she was taking the right path. Beside her, the small girl had fallen into a slumber. She moved the girl, wrapping her in a blanket. "Were you close to your sister-in-law?" |