Old Lady Sianod and they looked at the White Bone Pit beneath the sand dunes, her body trembled slightly, and then she leaned on her cane and slowly sat on the dune.
The cane fell onto the sandy ground, and she covered her face, sobbing.
"Grandma, what's wrong with you?"
After asking the question, Shard realized his inquiry was foolish; of course, Old Lady Sianod was sad because she saw so many of her kin tragically dead.
But the truth was more complicated than he thought.
"These, these are... elves of the Moon Creek Clan. I saw them, the necklace, the scar, and... the resonance of the bloodline. I left them waiting while I and others went out to search for a new place to live. They're all still children, still young... How could this be, how could this happen?"
She cried and spoke intermittently, and Shard could only understand bits and pieces.
