it's time

time for

TIME CRIME

(In the shadow of the Wound, Izael is fetching a pot of water when a bright light shines from the heavens behind her and someone crashes to the earth and says "oww")

Ravelin, in Occidental: Note to self: the ground level of volcanic soil can change a lot in eight hundred years. ... UH --

Izael's thought process: fell from the sky + speaking incomprehensible tongue + mysterious garb + red hair?!

Izael: are you a dzovin-nar?! a servant of glory?

Ravelin: uhhhHhHhHhhhhh... (she thinks I'm an angel?)

Ravelin: be not afraid, daughter of the desert! I am but a traveller from the... Kingdom... of Petragon. I shall do no harm and soon be on my way.

Izael: ... you speak very strangely.

Ravelin: I have never heard classical Asram before, only read it in books. I mean... normal Asram.

Izael: you can READ?!

Ravelin: in three languages. My aunt Kendolin-nar-Eldin says I take after her, even though we're not actually related at all. ... My name is Ravelin.

Izael: I am Izael. I used to be Kerrabar-nar-Izael, but everyone here is free. I'll take you to meet Soron!

This is planning for a future scene in Glory in the Thunder. Or is it a past scene?

Izael, opening book she can't read at all: It has pictures? This is amazing, honored guest! Who is this? He's so handsome!

(There is a portrait of Aramaz. To be clear, this caption is a joke, not literally what's written in Ravelin's book:) Aramaz son of Rehan and Yerahuni - for the love of gods, do not fall in love with with this man, IT NEVER WORKS OUT. also God of Law or whatever

Ravelin: oh, that's just Uncle Aramaz. Who is... also not actually related to me. ... My mother has been married a few different times, you see.

Izael: Soron says I can't get married for several more years, but maybe I could marry your Uncle Aramaz?

Ravelin: NO?! oh my gods, no, you have no idea what a nightmare it is to be stuck with my family!

Read Glory in the Thunder where I'm not even sure how to calculate how problematic the age gap would be for this theoretical ship because their relative ages are not stable and indeed even flip polarity