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"Dragonfruit" by Makiia Lucier, Chapters 7-12

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In this romantic fantasy, exile Hanalei returns home to Tamarind, and, with prince Samahtitamahenele, goes on a quest to find a seadragon egg that can heal Samahtitamahenele's mother.

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abyss
Sam flailed, so close to the edge his boots sent pebbles scattering over the cliff and into the abyss.
skepticism
Sam’s glance was full of skepticism.
elude
Or he could find a cure for his mother’s curse, one that had eluded them all for ten long years.
lilt
It no longer carried the distinctive lilt of one Tamarindi born.
dislodge
It tipped its head to one side and shook it, as though trying to dislodge something.
brusque
His words were brusque.
thrum
Hanalei could hear the kandayos breathing and the surrounding thrum of the jungle creatures—bats hunting and pigs foraging, sand crickets everywhere.
lei
Hanalei’s ancestor was there on the left. Her grandmother many times removed, wearing a long robe and a plumeria lei four strands wide.
uncanny
“She looks like her mother at that age, Your Grace. The likeness is uncanny.”
skitter
On the other side of the pond, a yellow-and-black banana spider appeared between two trees. It was three feet long, legs skittering as it rounded the pond toward them.
proximity
And if he was being truthful, he did not care for the proximity to his grandmother’s home.
voluminous
Aunt Chesa wore voluminous green dressing robes.
devoid
Sam had come early enough in the day that her face was devoid of the heavy layers of paint she normally wore.
raze
At least it was well cared for. It had not been razed, as she had feared.
aghast
Aghast, Bayani said, “She can’t stay here.”

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