"Snieg, Ada Snieg." Ada replied, ignoring his smile and staring straight ahead, "I called myself exotic simply because we stopped at another point on the way south and I was jumped by a group of bandits. That is what they called me when they saw my ears. I only got away because Lód came in to save me."

Lód looked at Malech curiously because of his wording. Then she looked at Ada's back and said in a much clearer stronger voice, "Ada is my before friend. I love her, so I would give my life for her if that's what she needed to be happy."