A vontade da imperatriz , capítulo 13, página 347 na minha cópia. Daja apenas seguiu Rizu em algum lugar, e Sandry teve uma súbita explosão das emoções de Daja (ousando a minha, passagem do ponto de vista de Sandry):
"Shaved ice would be wonderful, thank you," she said. She waved the fan hurriedly, trying to cool the scarlet blush she felt rising on her cheeks. Once he was gone and she didn't have to work to talk to him, she put up more blocks on her connection to her sister, trying to keep it open without knowing anything of what Daja was up to now. Only when she had reduced it to the merest thread did she lean back in her chair and close her eyes.
I don't think she knew, thought Sandry. Or if she did, she thought she was more like Rosethorn, interested in women and men. I know she's mentioned boys, once or twice, but never girls. Thinking of Risu, Sandry added, Or women.
E no capítulo seguinte, na página 359 do meu livro - isto é da perspectiva de Briar, Daja acabou de convidá-lo para seu quarto. Negrito meu:
Briar at her smiled knowingly and glanced at the open bedroom door. Rizu stood there, wrapping a sheet around herself. Her long curls were free of their pins and dangled to her waist. The sheet only enhanced her buxom figure.
Briar raised his eyebrows at Rizu, then looked at Daja, who scratched at the floor with a bare toe. "Well, that explains more than it doesn't," Briar remarked. He told himself, Now I know why I was sure Rizu was never interested in me, or any man. "Daja, why didn't you say you're a nisamohi?" he asked, using the Tradertalk word for a woman who loved other women. "What with Lark and Rosethorn, did you think we cared?"
Então, sim, pelo menos neste livro, confirmou-se que Lark e Rosethorn estavam em um relacionamento sexual entre pessoas do mesmo sexo. Sugestões / pistas / confirmação, duvido que estivessem nos livros anteriores - eram os quatro principais quando eram muito mais jovens.