Giggle.

Faenar does not move. She is a bit unhappy. She quizzes Aya on Esevi and teaches her Andeme.

Aya is not as good at Andeme as Faenar is at Esevi but she's not bad.

She draws embroidered animals. In color, if she can get color inks.

She can get colored inks. 

"Amait wants to know if you prefer to keep the drawings."

"I don't have a strong preference about that."

"Okay. Is that what I should tell her?"

"I'm not sure why she asked, but it's a thing you could tell her if that's the kind of information that would be useful."

"Maybe because she wants to sell them? Or decorate with them? They're really pretty."

"Thank you. I think that's what happened to most of the ones I drew before she bought me, it's fine."

"I'll tell her."

Amait picks out six favorites and asks that Ayabel designate any favorites of hers.

She likes this bird and this goatshrub and this crystalline dog.

Then she'll sell the rest of them. The accountant arranges the money and she loans it to Malare.

Aya hangs up her favorites. And later a mouse with wasp wings and stripes.

Amait likes watching her while she draws, but tries not to do it too often.

"I have the money," Malare tells his embroidered musical instrument. "Ready to go on over and get your papers straightened?"

"Sounds great!"

They head over! Manumissions have to be notorized and in person; there's an office downtown. You have to have the money in paper or silver. They make it a hassle kind of on purpose; they don't really want people freeing their slaves.

"I'm freeing two people," he says when they get to the front of the line.

"Names?" asks the clerk.

"Rabka Adene. Cathei Adene."

Flip flip flip through Big Ol' List O' Slaves. "- first one's down as rebellious behavior do not manumit, sir."

" -she's been fine, I think it's a mistake."

"You can file an appeal after you've had her five years."

" - fine. The baby's all right?"