Here . [ HOW LONG IS TOO LONG ? no contact , no visits , no nothing for three years .. and yet ? sabé speaks as if there was no time lost at all , as if their friendship wasn’t on thin ice — perhaps it wasn't even on the ice; perhaps it was in the water , barely able to breathe . or perhaps it was tossed into the fire; burning ═ ━ HER TIME AWAY FROM THE OMATIKAYA PEOPLE; H⃨E⃨R⃨ P⃨E⃨O⃨P⃨L⃨E⃨ . had changed her . she was still a warrior, yes but not the warrior a youthful her aspired to be . not the warrior she SHOULD be . sabé no longer looked like herself , and in the moment. neither did K⃨A⃨'⃨R⃨I⃨N⃨Y⃨A⃨ . They were both cladded in the furred garments that belonged to the herwìpongu clan ; a clan UP NORTH . a clan where ka’rinya ( and sabé if one really wanted to go there ) shouldn’t be within […] SHE PLACES the warm drink within the other's hands . awkwardly sitting in the seat opposite of her — the silence was long . PAINFUL —- sabé wished she didn’t wind up her at all . there were many questions left unanswered but she hoped this one; would not be upon that list ] .. how are you ¿¿