““I had to admit there was one good thing about staying in the south. Instead of being the only person with tan skin, I finally looked as if I belonged. Living in the north with the pale-skinned Ixians for so long, though, had not prepared me for such a variety of brown skin tones. Much to my embarrassment, I had found myself gawking at the deeper mahogany skin colors when we first entered Sitia.””
![“Man, Ra-Thaga, I always told you that you had a brown skin over a white heart, but you wouldn’t believe me. [161]” quote by Sol T. Plaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/421/sol-t-plaatje-18648_quote_man-ra-thaga-i-always-told-you-that-you_436652.jpg)
