On St. Li

The People Of The Wind, XIV.

Tabitha Falkayn designed her house. Its description draws on our existing knowledge of Avalon. In particular:

"A few susin mats lay on a floor of polished oak, between large-windowed copperwood walls..." (p. 593)

Susin is Avalonian ground cover, the equivalent of grass;
oak is imported from Terra;
copperwood is imported from Ythri;
Ythrians, who must not be confined, need large windows.

Thus, four details in the first half of one sentence are significant.

Outside, Philippe rides a horse descended from the Terran species while Eyath rides a zirraukh descended from the Ythrian species. Sometimes it is necessary to reread other installments to make sure that we correctly understand the details. On Avalon, three ecologies interact: one native and two imported. Local organisms, unnamed before colonization, now have both Anglic and Planha names.