"Oh, a cylinder is like this." They picked up a piece of paper and curled it in demonstration. "Like a tube." They smiled. "And I'd like to be friends, Miss Seren, thank you."
Quanil was just happy they could tell what the seashell was from their drawing. "I thought about that," they replied to her suggestion, "but it might weigh the lantern down too much, make it heavy and unbalanced. I want it to be a light lantern, free of heavy burdens. I think Miss Maea would have liked that."
And of course they were happy to answer her question about their friend! "Miss Maea was a friend of mine from the Hollowed Ground. She was lovely and sweet and a friend of Ludo's, too. She was a very, very good person, but... well, she died recently. So I'm making this lantern to remember her."
Quanil was just happy they could tell what the seashell was from their drawing. "I thought about that," they replied to her suggestion, "but it might weigh the lantern down too much, make it heavy and unbalanced. I want it to be a light lantern, free of heavy burdens. I think Miss Maea would have liked that."
And of course they were happy to answer her question about their friend! "Miss Maea was a friend of mine from the Hollowed Ground. She was lovely and sweet and a friend of Ludo's, too. She was a very, very good person, but... well, she died recently. So I'm making this lantern to remember her."
