Valelldia
On an otherwise quiet winter night, Berit the quail jolts awake. She feels the call of the Meij pulling at her. She hops her way up to Myriad of Dreams' window and taps her way out, careful not to wake her mother and guardian, Tsura.
Her alert eyes pick out the glow of the dying fire. Clucking and following the invisible Meij-stream, she scuttles to the fire and nestles herself in the embers, cooing at the warmth. She falls asleep as the Meij envelops her.
The next morning, as Tsura exits the wagon in a panic, looking for Berit who is not in her place, she is confronted with a laughing, dirty child playing in the ashes.
Her alert eyes pick out the glow of the dying fire. Clucking and following the invisible Meij-stream, she scuttles to the fire and nestles herself in the embers, cooing at the warmth. She falls asleep as the Meij envelops her.
The next morning, as Tsura exits the wagon in a panic, looking for Berit who is not in her place, she is confronted with a laughing, dirty child playing in the ashes.
