Shin Minyeo nodded. "So you were born in the Year of the Lotus."
Abrial's shoulders tensed. She reached out to turn the spit. The fish on it were growing crispy already.
"Yeah. I was. And?"
"Nothing. I was only making a note. You mentioned before that you grew up imprisoned in your parents' house?"
Abrial clenched her jaw in fierce embarrassment. She'd exploded about never having been out of the house and therefore not having learned proper etiquette when Shin Minyeo had relentlessly teased her about her bad manners a few nights ago.
"And what about it?"
"How did you and Finley grow so close if you were closed off from the outside world?"
Abrial stayed silent for a moment, sorting through memories with a clenched jaw.
