The Shadowed Sun (Dreamblood)
“After a moment she got to her feet, then spun in a circle. Her mother gasped, then threw her arms around the girl in a tight embrace, earning a muffled protest from her.
“She’s been weak for several months,” Yanassa said for Hanani’s benefit. “But with this fever, her mother had begun to fear she would die. The clan has only the one girl-child to inherit the an-sherrat.”
Hanani got to her feet and brushed her skirts straight, nodding to the teary-eyed mother who babbled thanks at her. “All than...ks to the Goddess,” she said. “I’ve cured the fever, but the underlying problem remains. Please tell them that the child must take care to eat certain foods or she may weaken again, especially now that her fertile cycles have begun. Meat would be best, but…” She glanced around the tent. It was one of the poorest she had seen among the Banbarra camp, patched and old and containing few of the trinkets and decorations most Banbarra women seemed to collect. “If the family cannot afford meat, then there are other foods that should serve as well.MoreLess
“She’s been weak for several months,” Yanassa said for Hanani’s benefit. “But with this fever, her mother had begun to fear she would die. The clan has only the one girl-child to inherit the an-sherrat.”
Hanani got to her feet and brushed her skirts straight, nodding to the teary-eyed mother who babbled thanks at her. “All than...ks to the Goddess,” she said. “I’ve cured the fever, but the underlying problem remains. Please tell them that the child must take care to eat certain foods or she may weaken again, especially now that her fertile cycles have begun. Meat would be best, but…” She glanced around the tent. It was one of the poorest she had seen among the Banbarra camp, patched and old and containing few of the trinkets and decorations most Banbarra women seemed to collect. “If the family cannot afford meat, then there are other foods that should serve as well.MoreLess
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