<strong>Eshalu - at the Quartermaster's post</strong><br/><br/>Eshalu was pleased at Aeryn's encouragement. "Your confidence is received with gratitude and I will see to it that it is deserved."<br/><br/>She moved to Reliyian's side, with a little trepidation at approaching one of her own People of whose ways and customs she knew little. Reliyian's dialect of the Elven speech had been difficult to understand, but careful listening allowed Eshalu to draw out the meaning of the words, both familiar and distant at the same time. "<em>Far-sister</em>," she said softly in Wood Elven, speaking slowly, "<em>you have great confidence that our hunting-band will meet with success, yet you too have sensed the anger and hatred in this place. Know that through my hand the Moon Huntress will guide and protect us</em>."<br/><br/>Eshalu thought for an instant that perhaps Reliyian's vision of the world was different. Perhaps she followed the way of the spirits who dwelt in stone lodges, like the humans did, or the way of sorcery. Either way, she was keen to understand other clans of elves of which were only known to her in legend.