“Why did you lie about having met your soulhalf years ago?” “I didn’t lie. I did meet her years ago.” He beheld my scintillating skin with such reverence that my shine intensified. “At a guild banquet in my honor. I even got to see her beautiful wings that night and glimpse her virtuous soul.” My mouth slipped open, and for a moment, I lost the ability to produce sound, but then it returned with such force that my words came out shrilly. “You were talking about me?”
