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Sometimes sisters set themselves penances, in order to maintain the proper balance between pride and humility—that b If you will forgive me. Once her feet just went out from under, and she slid a good forty paces down the hillside on the seat of her breeches, arms flailing until she managed to snag a sapling. The gateway winked out, and Dashiva blinked at where it had been, smiling faintly, then scrambled clumsily into the mare's saddle.

Her grin would haveThe Festival of Birds599done for Nalesean saying how much fun it was to pinch serving girls. One, not much taller than she, fell in at her shoulder without a word and escorted her back to her rooms, where t Taim's features went blank, though he smelled of fury. Most sisters behaved as though they were still only Accepted.