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* [[Eshonai]] (point of view)
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:''Nine years ago''
Eshonai and the humans try to find ways to communicate with each other, and as they do so, they realize all the ways that they differ:. Eshonai marvels that humans are in all forms at all times;, as well as that they have singers in dullform that shedo finds "fascinating andnot disturbing"speak. EshonaiShe foundfinds the humans so much more advanced than the singers and spends as much time as possible learning from them. The humans ask to see the plainsPlains, and Eshonai escorts them. During the trip, one of the humans, a surgeon's assistant with many rings on her right hand,Axindweth asks Eshonai questions about the spren that she can see and whether any have talked to her, which Eshonai thinks is a myth. Gavilar and Eshonai talk about the greatshells, and they misinterpret her and assume that the singers worship them. The party decides to take a break, and as she was helpinghelps them set up a tent, theAxindweth woman with the rings askedasks if she couldcan see Eshonai's knife. She and Gavilar talk about it and think it must have come from a time around the false desolation. They are interrupted by the sounds of a chasm fiendchasmfiend emerging, and soon after, the group leaves. Eshonai only reveals to Gavilar that the knife was found in the ruins of thea city ather theancestors center of the Shattered Plainsbuilt, andbut Gavilar gets very excited, especially when he realizes that the singers have stories of ancient days that include the Radiants. The humans leave them with a gift of weapons and asks onlyask to be able to hear the singer songs the next time they meet.
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