"I see you break the rules as often as I did when I was a young boy," Tarrin told her. "You and me are alot alike, Auli. Free spirits."
She gave him a beaming smile. "That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me, honored one," she said with a little curtsy.
Why was that amulet out here? It didn't just get here by magic, that much was certain. Aliani had to put it here, since the chain wasn't broken, and Sha'Kar never took off their amulets. She had to take it off, or maybe she was hanging upside-down out of a tree or something weird like that and it fell off. Had she lost it? Was it that simple? Had Aliani been wandering around out here, lost her amulet, gotten scared, and then ran out without it? And hadn't had the nerve to break the law again and come back to search for it?
"How long has this place been forbidden, Auli?" he asked.
"Since before I was born, honored one,"
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