" Girl, are you all right?” Argus stood just outside the doorway, speaking barely above a whisper.
“I’m fine,” I replied. For now.
“So, this women’s business of yours--” He sounded ill at ease, speaking about what had just happened to me. “Your new friends here seem to think it’s the first time it’s happened to you. Are they right?” I nodded. “Ah. Seems like it’s something special to them, a great honor to share. This hut you’re in, it’s the women’s shrine, and that crone’s a priestess. The only reason they’re letting me come this close and talk to you is so I can translate what she’s got to say.”
“Argus, please tell me what’s happening outside,” I said. “I know my brothers saw, but the others--?”
“It doesn’t matter who saw what, by now everyone’s heard all about it. If I were you, lass, I’d stay inside that hut until I had grandchildren. "

― Esther M. Friesner , Nobody's Prize (Nobody's Princess, #2)