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AYLETH
They talked for hours. Ayleth had no idea how long they'd lain there together, but at some point he lay flat on his back with his hands behind his head, and she rolled over to prop on his chest. There was a tense half hour where they argued over the definition of slaves, and whether Zenithrans used them. But by the time the moon was beginning to dip closer to the horizon, their words were becoming fewer and their stares longer. Ayleth was convinced neither he nor his people were cannibals—nor savages. And he had accepted that their use of magic was restricted to a small portion of the population—and that the indentured servants they held were not slaves.
