The Huntsman's Guide Star
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"Your stance isn't wide enough. Slide your left foot back a bit."
Lumine did.
"A little farther."
She moved it again.
"Good." Alyosha walked a slow circle around her, studying her posture. "Your shoulder is a bit too high. Here."
He moved closer, and a hand settled on her shoulder. His fingers pressed lightly against the muscle, guiding it down. She went still. The touch was a practical one; it was brief and corrective, but it sent a strange little shiver through her.
Or, Alyosha teaches Lumine how to use his hunting rifle.
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- Part 1 of The Huntsman's Guide Star
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A broad ribbon of green stretched overhead, slowly twisting through shades of blue and violet. The colors reflected faintly in Alyosha's eyes when she glanced at him. Her gaze must've lingered a second too long, because he noticed. "What is it?"
Lumine blinked and quickly looked back at the sky. "Um. Nothing."
Alyosha's golden gaze bore into her. "You were looking at me."
"I was looking at your eyes, I mean—the lights. They were reflecting in your eyes."
"Oh."
"They're pretty."
Or, Lumine joins Alyosha to finally see Snezhnaya's northern lights.
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- Part 2 of The Huntsman's Guide Star
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Lumine looked up. Dark clouds had gathered beyond the treeline and spread over the mountains. The last patches of sunlight had disappeared, and the world stretched ahead of them in a blur of white and gray. "Um, Alyosha…?"
Alyosha stopped walking, Tugarin by his side. "Yes, Traveler?"
She raised her voice over the wind. "I think the weather took a turn for the worse."
He glanced upward. "Shit. It's going to get worse from here. We're going back to Sretomorozsk. Now."
Or, Alyosha and Lumine take refuge in his house as a blizzard rages. Proximity and heat keeps the cold at bay.
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- Part 3 of The Huntsman's Guide Star