Oh, if Sabriel insists. Ellana quickly takes a cake and puts the whole thing in her mouth. They're so small that no one would just take a bite, right?

"I understand that! I was hearthmistress of my clan before coming here." Which wasn't as impressive as the title suggests. She simply gathered wood and lit the fires, then made sure they stayed lit. Hardly an arduous task.

"It's hard to say, especially up here in the mountains. I've never lived so high up before. Perhaps it will be later than it is everywhere else in the south."