[ The answer works for both his questions, although mostly the former.
Perhaps she should say yes. Yes, I hear something. Yes, my ears are that sharp. But Zoya has never relied on her ears. The wind tells her what's ahead, that something is blocking it, letting it curl around it like a serpent up a spine. She remembers focusing on the path she and Liliyana had taken from Pachina to Os Alta. She could find those routes again based on how the air moved around her, even after all these years.
Zoya closes her eyes for a moment, leaning into the Juris' teachings. Aren't we all things? She can be one with the world around her here, even though it feels strange. She listens with her dragon ears, inhales softly with her dragon snout. ]
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[ The answer works for both his questions, although mostly the former.
Perhaps she should say yes. Yes, I hear something. Yes, my ears are that sharp. But Zoya has never relied on her ears. The wind tells her what's ahead, that something is blocking it, letting it curl around it like a serpent up a spine. She remembers focusing on the path she and Liliyana had taken from Pachina to Os Alta. She could find those routes again based on how the air moved around her, even after all these years.
Zoya closes her eyes for a moment, leaning into the Juris' teachings. Aren't we all things? She can be one with the world around her here, even though it feels strange. She listens with her dragon ears, inhales softly with her dragon snout. ]
We need to go south.
[ She turns, and looks behind them. ]
That way.