Drowning Girl

Tart-tongued Miora is cursed to drip water wherever she goes, and she is constantly soaked. Her parents are either no longer capable of keeping her or no longer care enough to try, so when no one else in the town will dare to take her as an apprentice, they approach the only merchant they haven't yet tried--the elven blacksmith Sanhariel, who, at prodding from his sister, agrees to take Miora on for a trial period to see if they can get along. Between the differences in culture, Sanhariel's taciturn nature and Miora's blunt expressions, Miora consistently wonders if she'll be permitted to stay, and the disapproving townsfolk doubt whether they should let her.