It’s #BookQW and who is more ‘tired’ about this argument, Coral or her Ma?
More from Chapter 4:
With a last firm look, Ma smiled. “Are you ready? Where’s your bag?”
Using her energy, Coral reached out and magicked a knotted cord pouch to her hand. She slung its strap over her head and pulled her braids loose, the shells and glass pieces clinking together where they dangled from macramé strands she’d woven in. “All packed.”
Her mother frowned at her with an often-used, tired expression.
Here it came. If just once Ma wouldn’t bother her about her clothes. “What?” Coral blurted.
“Can’t you, um… Well, I’m sure you have what you need. What about the bags for Manta?”
She stared at her mother. Ma wasn’t going to ask her to put on a skirt? She was actually going to let her go ashore in Salm’s outgrown clothes, her ship attire? Really, Ma must be feeling guilty. “I have the bags topside already,” she answered cautiously.
“Very well.”
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For a hotshot-duelist and a wanna-be sailor it’s unsteady waters… through a sailing race, lost dolphins and magical dueling.
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