femgenficathon

Title: Separate Callings
Author: beatrice_otter 
Fandom: Curse of Chalion/Paladin of Souls
Characters: Iselle, Ista
Word Count: 1400 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Prompt: 21) I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own. -- Margaret Atwood
Summary: Iselle doesn't really know her mother anymore.  Perhaps she never did.
Notes: betaed by gramina  and written for [Bad username or unknown identity:  ]

( Iselle stared down at the maps on the table, )