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CHAPTER TWO The lodge was large and made of logs, with several pairs of moose antlers adorning the front of the building alongside a wooden sign reading BETTLES LODGE in white text. Brendan moved past it. “That’s the old lodge, and now it’s a gift shop,” he told Rain and Sparrow. “We’re going directly to our reserved room.” Rain followed Brendan to a smaller building. He opened the door and stepped in without hesitation. “Lionel. Good to see you again.” A person came into view-- one of indeterminable gender-- and gave Brendan a wide grin. “You came? Good. There’s a lot to discuss.” The person had long blonde hair, and wore primitive looking clothing of bone and leather; it definitely wouldn’t keep the wearer warm in the cold. Their eyes startled Rain the most: they were not any normal sort of color, but violet, which surrounded the blackness around the pupils, which looked like dark crystals. Brendan did not seem nearly as pleased to see Lionel. His nose twitched slightly. “All in good time. My daughters and I need to get settled.” Lionel’s eyes, which Rain could not stop staring at, lit up as they turned towards Brendan’s companions. “Rain and Sparrow!” they cried out excitedly, before eagerly grabbing and shaking Rain and Sparrow’s hands. “It’s been so long since I last--” Brendan coughed loudly and glared at Lionel, who gulped and stepped back. “As I said, we will have our discussion after dinner,” Brendan continued. “It has been a long trip. Don’t expect us to stay long. We’re leaving for Gates of the Arctic in a day or so.” “Of course,” Lionel nodded. “Well, be sure to get over that dumb argument thing and tell Roe hi for me!” The odd person of indeterminate gender slipped past Rain and Sparrow and hurried away. Sparrow looked at Brendan quizzically. Brendan acted as if Lionel had never spoken and shut the door.