Re: ((skip to the lake!))
Ned took a gasp of air and ducked his head under the water. His hands scrabbled in the muck and the mire, closing around something metallic. Thrusting it out of the water, he popped free.
It was a circlet, wire finely crafted, marked with the symbol of the sun. Ned's eyes went wide. He was pretty sure he recognized it -- but Genna had seen it closer up, at high tables and all the other things she'd been invited to. "Genna," Ned began, breathlessly, "Is this...?"