Until
she met Firewalker, Sunflower had never known anyone outside of her own
family. In separate incidents, both her parents died, leaving the twelve-year-old
girl with a seven-year-old brother. Eeking out a hardscrabble existence,
with few hunting skills, Sunflower develops more than a few fantasies
about the other elves she'll someday meet. She's quite unprepared for
the reality of a half-blind, horribly-scarred Firewalker
who knows even less about elvinkind than herself. Even after he saves
her life -- nearly at the cost of his own -- she can't help but be repulsed
by his appearance. |