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Josh sighed, dropped his head, and left through a side door without being asked.
An air of panic hung about his folded shoulders as if he knew something no one else
did.
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Becca ushered them in. Tagalong's whole face brightened with joyous excitement as
her friends entered. She gave a loud cry of greeting and leaped at Brendorn,
throwing her arms around the slender half-breed's legs and hoisting him off the
ground. He kissed the top of the dwarf's head. "I'm happy to see you too, Tag," he
said as she set him down.

Tagalong spun around and seized the older mon, lifting her in turn. Then she stood
back, rubbing the scarred hands with her thumbs. "Been a long time. They don't hurt
anymore?"

"Only in the winter. And when it rains." Cassana smiled quietly.

"That's better than it was."

"Much."

Tagalong nodded. "Good."

Becca watched from the doorway, smiling at their evident joy and remembering her
own loved ones left behind many years before when she ran away from her father's
farm to find a better life in the city.

Tagalong suddenly remembered the tavern master and, catching Becca by the
elbow, propelled her down the hall before she could say anything. "That's Brendorn,
her ba'halaef. Let's giv'em some space."

"Ba'halaef?" Becca asked curiously as Tagalong took her arm and walked out with
her.

"It's like a husband. Only with less rights than ya folks give'em round here.
Functions the same though, if ya get my drift," Tag grinned with lecherous approval
as she bubbled over with information while watching closely for Becca's reaction.
"Bout time Aejys sent fer him. She needs ta get Laeoli, that's their daughter тАУ
Laeolytyn's her formal name, but they call her Laeoli ya understand тАУ and Ladonys,
that's Laeoli's womb motherтАУthey call it a ma'aramlasah and the blood mother is the
ma'aram тАУ outta there."

"Womb-mother?" Becca's eyebrows quirked, "Then it's true, what they say. One
woman conceives and another bears it."

"Sharani are triadic. It's the only way the entire triad becomes its parents. They call
it kyndi, but I wouldn't use that word around the Sharani. It's just fer them. Makes
fer a lot of twins that way."
"Twins?"