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Ancient India (Still), Some Vague-ish Amount of Time Later
Gabrielle stood on the riverbank, turning her staff over in her hands, feeling the texture of the wood and the leather-and-jute wrapping beneath her fingers. The motion of it was calming, as was the sound of the water lapping at the riverbanks; she needed the calm right now.
( Running into Eli again had been good -- at first. )