"My people have known the goddess for all of our history. Look," she stood and lifted her thick cloak to show the markings on her belly, "See that I bear her mark? I have spoken to her myself, in my youth." She dropped her cloak back around her and looked again at the younger woman. She was a goatherder, apparently, and bore the signs of someone who spent a great deal of time alone in the wilderness. She was strong, too. Desirable by Dan standards, but able to keep suitors at bay. Gabriel guessed that this one could choose any man or woman she desired, and wondered if she had so chosen.