The Tayledras are also all very similar in face and body to each other. Outsiders tend to think they all look the same and can't tell women from men. They are varied and individual and make it more obvious by dressing and doing their hair differently at home, but of course they let very few others close enough to see that.

[When Darkwind and the outlander princess Elspeth were courting, they dressed up in his best clothes, which fit her almost perfectly. Though, of course, Elspeth was warrior-trained since childhood and very much not a willowy waif.]

I wouldn't think so. I'm giving up a memory where seven living adults were there outside, awake and engaged. There were also two children in here, and a girl held in sleep there. But none of them are here.

[she's indicated two of the three cavernous rooms, with their prominent enormous woven nests. In the 'children' room a lot more downy feathers are incorporated into the grass nest.]