LINKS - Chapter 18 - Sinda
He knew how humans tended to treat shiyan lovers, as little more than toys and giving no thought to their own pleasure.
LINKS - Chapter 6 - The Collar
“i’d heard stories of shiyan who could resist runes.” eloise continued, ignoring luke’s pathetic efforts. “i always thought them a myth. but you… you are that myth given flesh and form.” the thought did not bring azee much comfort.
LINKS - Chapter 26 - Solstice
“i had a conversation with someone… a strange shiyan who seemed to feel that something wasn't quite right with halcyon." “you don't say…" “in a way that goes far beyond whilhemina's insanity. i can't say why, but i think she might be right."
LINKS - Chapter 11 - Stepping Stones
"two humans and a shiyan? curiouser and curiouser. well, shouldn't be too hard to avoid them, we-" as the woman spoke, xia bent down and tapped his beak against the ground four times.
LINKS - Second Chain - Azee's Collar
"did you know, back on their own plane, the shiyan have a beautiful and complex family structure? they mate for life, they form family groups, sometimes four generations of the same family living together their entire lives?