[Sheik had noticed the arrival of the fort all that time ago, but hadn't really given much thought to its lone resident until her more princess-like counterpart had struck up those conversations.
It wasn't that Sheik was actively seeking out Soryk, of course, only that in her nighttime patrols of the campus, she sometimes passed his strange, primitive-looking dwelling.
As she deftly made her way from tree to tree (perhaps a little less silently than she should have), it didn't even occur to Sheik that the occupant might be home.]
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It wasn't that Sheik was actively seeking out Soryk, of course, only that in her nighttime patrols of the campus, she sometimes passed his strange, primitive-looking dwelling.
As she deftly made her way from tree to tree (perhaps a little less silently than she should have), it didn't even occur to Sheik that the occupant might be home.]