Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

at-ease with it as the other girls. She had less to be done herethan the others because she was naturally light skinned andlight skin was the style here. Most women had deep and eventans that would have been admired in her time, but had to bepowdered here. Imada was very dark and they were unable tomake her as light as Ava. Instead of fussing with her skin,most of the time Ava sat there was taken on the elaboratehairdo and jeweled headdress that was worn during theceremony. Other girls did her fingernails and toenails whiletwo fussed with her hair.In less than an hour the seamstress was back with her topand they put that back on her. The three of them, Yellelle,Imada and the seamstress clucked and cooed and made herpose in several ways. Ava decided that she probably hadforgotten to reset her personification to her duty hours figurewhen she went off to duty the morning of the encapsulation.They wore their every day clothes to go to supper, but hadto keep the hairdo the same. All of the twenty girls in theclass sat at at one long table in a large dining hall. The othertables held different groups, once out of training the girlsdecided among themselves who would sit where. Yellelle toldher that seating could be a silent cat fight among mortals. Shenoticed there were always three or four tables with only a fewpeople at them, by twos and threes. It was serve yourself withpottery plates and bronze forks. Ietana still sat with Imada.Lately they had sat with Yellelle and Ava.They were fed well here, that is to say, they were given all437