"They are. No one understands me like her." There's a sudden pang at the thought of how no one here really knows her. And what her clan knows, they probably don't like. She knows what they think behind her back: the shems' pet, the naive one. Atisha wouldn't think of her like that. It makes Ellana all the more impatient to read her letter.

"I should go read this now. I hope you find rest here."