[ She smiles at Merlin shyly when he says that, oblivious to his hick-like instincts of cooking the family of birds in their pantry and closes the door on their cheeping. Sure enough, the din gives away after a few minutes as they settle in the darkness again, and Fina places the jar of tea on the side and instead concentrates about warming up the stove in order to boil the water. ]
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