Kate smiled at her. "It's a wonderful story, Sasha.
Thank you for telling it to me."
Sasha's eyebrows met in a straight line. "No. No no no."
"What?" Kate said. "What's the matter? Didn't I get it right?"
Sasha pointed from the woman figure to Kate. "Woman.
You. Woman. Woman dead bad. You. Woman. Dead.
Bad." Her hand came out and gripped Kate's shoulder.
"You. Woman. Good."
Kate could find nothing to say.
Sasha gave a satisfied nod. Sheathing her storyknife, she struggled to her feet, and vanished down the beach and into the mist.
"Kate?" Jack's voice said from somewhere behind her. "You coming?"
She found her eyes had filled with tears. Impatiently she blinked them back and stood up. "Yes. I'm coming."
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