For the moment the air was still and Birna could not gauge what direction the storm might come from. The still air also only made the heat to feel that much worse. Panting she sad down and sighed. She missed the north. Birna was jolted out of her musing by the scent of a different kind of heat and she turned to see another woman approaching her. Yes, this was the woman Valentine had challenged for not long ago. Birna nodded and moved aside to make room for the other to join her under the shade. "Yes, I'm built for colder weather and this humidity is suffocating. I'm Birna Xanilov. I don't believe we've been formally introduced?"
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