"They become water spirits themselves, watching over us from the seas." said Innora, regaining some of the dignity Talion had first seen her bear. "Maybe where you come from the gods cannot be held to their words, but I can tell you things are different here."<br/><br/>She paused. "Well, Kersinta, she was...a beautiful girl. Young and golden of hair, the look that most pleases the Sea Lord. From what a survivor of her escort told us...I found this out from Pearl after you had left....she and several others were taken by a band of rogue slavers who operate in the are, but who did not take her to the market. Some say they hodl court on an island within the great shadowland in the sea, but that area is....proscribed and unholy. But surely someone like you could go there without being noticed!"