[PQ] From the Ashes, part 2

The next day Amalia returns with a new outlook and a new outfit, ready to finish their work. After dispensing scones to the morning workers Amalia stretches, her body miserably sore from the day before, eager and ready to take up a task and do whatever job comes next. Sitting on a pile of rocks, Amalia listens to Jigano's instructions and tilts her head, watching others choose their jobs. When Melita chooses the hammer the girl hops up to help, snagging her own and falling in alongside, not least of all to help ease things over with Andria, who seems to have developed an irate, reluctant affection for the exuberant child. The baker follows the old woman's lead, nailing down the boards and tiles and wiping sweat from off her brow. a m a l i a You were young and you'd stare With a reverence unimpaired Searching in your dark eyes to find the stars already there