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"Hey, are you alright?"
"I'm fine... I guess. Just shaken."
"Grey's a bit severe, and he's a jerk for kicking you out, but your story was really interesting! You're a great Speaker, and I'd love to hear the rest of it."
"I'm glad you enjoyed it - that's all I can ask for, really. I'd love to tell you how it ends, but I'd have trouble giving it the gravity the next part deserves in my current state."
"Well, you could come visit my house if you'd like, Dad made some cricket bread and tea if you'd like to settle a little."
"Thank you for the offer, really, but that performance was just practice for the main event - are you attending the Festival of Future Faces in the Capitol?"
"Oh! Are you performing there?"
"In one of the smaller venues, not the main stage. But I'll be telling the same story there - with a bit more flair. I'd prefer you see it in its intended spectacle."
"Sure! I'd be happy to attend. You bet I'll be there. I'm going to be writing on the Festival."
"An author?"
"A newspaper editor. I run the Scratching Post."
"The Scratching Post? Local?"
"Yeah, I'm the only employee. Writer, printer, distributor, all of it."
"Then both you and I are one-Wylyr bands, are we? What about your Kelothyn?"
"He's in the Guards. And your Kel-brother?"
"I'm actually an Enyetawyal- I have a birth-sister, not a brother."
"Oh! Some say that's bad luck, but I think you're lucky. Then what does she do? Is she a performer?"
"Hardly, she hates the arts. Thinks I'm wasting my time. She's a researcher in the Capitol - some secret project they have, refuses to share any of it with me. She said she's not allowed to share, but I feel she's simply doesn't trust me with it."
"Aw, sorry. Well, I like you - and if you like me, I'd be happy to be your supportive sister. I'll come to your shows."
"And I'll read your newspaper! I never did catch your name, you are...?"
"Scarlet! Scarlet Trails. Daughter to Silent Stream and Sweet Bramble, father and mother. And you?"