It is a month ago today that I left Teeluw. I have seen so much in such a short time, and it has made it feel like much longer. But in Teeluw they will still be talking about me; about what I did. Someone else might have stepped into the position left open by now, but they will still be feeling the consequences.
In Adramalech I keep expecting to see my friends jumping through the trees alongside me, but of course I never do. The types of trees, the noises, the smells, they are all the same, but this forest is very different to the one in which I grew up.
We had eggs and the last of the rabbit meat for tea this evening. I found the eggs up a tree as you would expect, and I decided that, since there is no community to impose its rules on me, we would eat them. It is generally not acceptable to eat eggs in Teeluw except on special occasions (although priestesses are allowed to cook with them). Lanua made a fire and I cooked them in her pan while she roasted the rabbit. The eggs were a delicious change from the stews we have been eating for tea recently. I think I'll try to find some more on our last day in Adramalech before we leave it behind us on our journey to Pon.
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