Plain Kate greased her boots and bandaged her feet, and soon she would walk like a Roamer born. She helped Drink with the water and the wood, and in the long, wet evenings she carved bark burn. Plain Kate carved fast and learned slowly. She was bewildered most of the time, but DAJ called her Mira again, and when she asked Drink what it meant, the girl replied, "It means she likes you. It means your family." Family. It could have kept her walking for a hundred miles. And she did walk far.

Plain Kate