'I don't know who you are or why you are helping,' Melcorka said, 'but I am glad to see you.'
'It's the headband,' Bradan said. 'They keep looking at your headband and calling you Eyota.'
'Maybe that means something in their language,' Melcorka said.
'It's a name,' Bradan said. 'They think you are somebody called Eyota.'
Melcorka ran the name around her mouth. 'Eyota.' It was strangely familiar. 'Eyota.' To her knowledge, she had never heard it until a few moments before, yet she knew it from somewhere. She shook the idea away and smiled. 'I hope they don't expect me to do anything smart.'
'Where are you going?' one of the Skraelings asked. 'Where are you going with the canoe?'
'To the big river,' Melcorka said. 'We are going past the great seas and down the big river to Dhegia.'
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