...to Pelenora, Ari thought to herself as the words—and their meaning—washed over her. Spoken in a quiet, gentle yet firm tone, she found that the Starborne One's words and voice filled her up like warm brewine. Her skin puckered, all the ultra-fine hairs on her body standing up as the enormity of what her new teacher was telling her hit home, evoking feelings that she hadn't felt in decades. The last person to speak to her like that had been...very special indeed. It had been a glorious, mind-expanding experience, and for the first time Ari had felt what it truly meant to be Sa'ari. — — —