Chapter 34: Guidance and Other simular words

Talia “Guidance,” Ariel called it, but frankly, all I could see was her tucked away in her corner of the world, contented. Nonetheless, I could not fault it. "Ariel," I called softly. I found her sitting in front of the fire, but she was not moving. "Ariel," I called out to her again. I sat in front of her, and the look on her face scared me. Her violet eyes were glazed over with a white sheen, making it look as though she was unconscious but sitting upright. She was muttering under her breath again, but this time I couldn't hear it. The words were muddled up into one, or it might as well have been in a different language. Avario had once told me, "There are other continents, Talia. Others across the sea, across the Black Sea, the Narrow Sea. Other languages, other peoples. My skin color is one of many. There are others who are nearly red, others who have nearly golden skin. Other races. The world is not the center of the universe," he had said, and I could see it happening. He also