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Nayru surveyed the vineyards, walking slowly up and down the rows of grape plants. Here and there she touched the leaves, looked at the grapes slowly growing plump and smiled to herself. Everything was going better than she had expected. Many of the members had pulled together to help start the plants going, and Siku fell into her role as herbalist almost naturally, Farore continued to have a strong zest for the work and Saul and Saluce unfailingly finished any job Nayru found for them. Still Gideon seemed a ghost and Nayru had not gotten to know very well many of the newer members, but there were strong souls left in Dahlia de Mai and she was proud of the pack she now led.
The call that sounded was not so very far from St. Pepin's and Nayru reluctantly left her plants. Daily she found new inspiration for rebuilding Dahlia de Mai and most of her time and energies were spent on turning those ideas into reality. Yet greetings loners and wanders at the borders was still her duty, and the called that sounded was not an ordinary one. It did not hold the desperation of a joiner and it was not the familiar call of one friend to another. This was business, or something close to it, more official than just a friendly chat. Upon arriving her suspicions about the call proved correct as the face of the woman standing aside the great horse was instantly recognized.
"Miss Skye. How good to see you, what brings you to Dahlia this day?" The woman bowed low to the Cercatori d'Arte leader, crimson eyes lifting to meet those of the cream colored lady . It had not been so long since they last spoke, and the meeting had been quite pleasant. For this reason Nayru was delighted to have the woman on her borders, although she hoped that such a swift second visit did not mean Skye Collins had bad news for the Dahlians.
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