Pippa was the first to flap her wings. “I’m the children’s keeper, which means I’ve had Naya under my tutelage since she was born. I’m not sure what’s going on tonight”—her gaze zipped over the crowd, lashes beating in time with her wings—“but I can vouch that she’s one of the sweetest fletchings I’ve had the pleasure of teaching in my century-long career and beloved by all of her peers. And I really do mean all of them. You will not find a single girl in Guild 24 who doesn’t have a soft spot for our little Naya. Even my colleague Mira, who tries not to get attached to her fletchings, is fond
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