"That's good," Sholeh said, with unfeigned relief in her voice. "I'm glad they found a place where they could live. No one wants to wander forever." Realizing how rude that sounded--especially to Yeul and Caius, who, to the best of her knowledge, did exactly that--quickly added, "I mean, unless they want to. Which is okay."

Mmm, shoe leather. It's delicious!

"And the Eidolons did all this?" she asked, trying to guide the conversation back to where she wasn't accidentally insulting their hosts.