Nuilik Jartra
"I'm innocent, I didn't break the rules against fraternizing with foreigners, I was framed!"
"Please, ma'am, I'm here to offer you a new job, I don't care about that. I need to know what you're good at... In a professional setting."
"Oh, no one's asked that in years... But I'm a pretty fair jeweler, specializing in Lapis Lazuli work..."
"The forehead stone is yours, I take it?"
"No, a gift, but that's a turquoise, from Volivat, I'm good with Lapis, especially from Madara, or if you can get them, Y'danna Seastones."
"That can fool anyone else, but not me. I can see the elemental in your stone."
"Oh, must be handy."
Her tone was insincere to him. "That's how you do it too, I bet."
"Ok, you got me."
"We're distant cousins, descended from the same god... It'd be odd if our powers diverged that much..."
"From Beautiful Eyes, really? He has so many..."
"Well, we're both descended from Shines-with-purity, and Cloth-of-Imperex, as well. You don't remember your old tag nemesis?"
"Klavian? I didn't recognize you in that getup, nowhere near as scruffy enough!"
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