Like a Moth to Jasmine ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

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"Is it permissible that I visit your home today?" asks Butterfly, formally as though she had never been there. "Of course, my child," says the widow, "I am ever glad of company. I'll let them know at the school that you are breakfasting with me this morning. If that suits you?" "That would be delightful," enthuses Butterfly/Summer Wind. "How do you like the Dawn Gate?" inquires Moon Shadow, as though it were idle chat and not her rightful inheritance. "I love it," the girl replies warmly.

10 years ago

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Happily, she is already up, dressed, her pack reorganized with the silver figurine of the fox hidden in her glove, and on the way to the Dawn Gate at the appointed time. Summer Wind wonders if her new friends would have conveniently forgotten to wake Butterfly, and how far beyond the gate her companions would have gotten had she and Madam Jade not watched them pass away out of sight. Silver Fox's statuette vessel has been transferred without mishap, and now Butterfly is alone with Moon Shadow.

10 years ago

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The grey fox cocks his head at her. "I interpret it to mean that this is a trial I must undergo, as dangerous in the civilized world as the shaman trial is in the wild, and that if I'm not successfully out of this place in that time, I will have failed beyond redemption." Summer Wind sees the concern in her brother's eyes. "So please, if I have not emerged on my own before that, come and rescue me on the sixth day and no later!" She rubs at his fox ears in the way he likes. "I'll miss you."

10 years ago

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Silver Fox does not understand this affinity for dancing in his sisters, but, back in animal form, sits back on his haunches and waits. Summer Wind is very lovely, and she moves well. In almost no time the moths, since butterflies do not fly at night, appear. One lands on her outstretched hand and seems to be communicating with his little sister. As she later tells him, what it said is this: "A shaman trial is seven days alone. Here, you face a trial of seven days alone, yet among enemies."

10 years ago

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"You're staying?" he asks softly. "We need more information. We need a source on the inside whom we can trust. Since Moon Shadow failed to bring up the subject of the witches, I don't know how involved she is. Maybe she just felt there was no time. But... I believe my own eyes and ears." "Do you intend to overthrow the government and remove the cabal, then?" her brother says trying to point out the enormity of this plan. "I don't know exactly what I intend. I feel a need to dance on it."

10 years ago