[by the time ghelan had finished his second argument, the mind of his father was made. his step is true; one, two. kusaxasaa reared with an adder's strike to bludgeon the boy, to lay him low. his jaws follow thereafter, to pierce and to pin; ghelan would bear the natal sin of the sharadoii against cen, and the chieftain of the sun clan would make it true. questioning him was disloyal. commanding him before others intolerable. but what ghelan had said was worse than those things: he had given morwenna power in a place where kusaxasaa had sought to excise it. "they are mine. they belong to me. and that girl is a traitor to all of saatsine." voice close, muzzle crowding; would ghelan lunge to fight, or would he run? it was a mercy that the lanzadoii man would give, for this too was his blood, and moreso than he had ever belonged to his mother. but kusaxasaa refused to grieve this now. if his son gave challenge, sun eater accepted, for it was time to banish this weakness in ghelan also.]

by the time ghelan had finished his second argument, the mind of his father was made.

his step is true; one, two. kusaxasaa reared with an adder's strike to bludgeon the boy, to lay him low. his jaws follow thereafter, to pierce and to pin; ghelan would bear the natal sin of the sharadoii against cen, and the chieftain of the sun clan would make it true. questioning him was disloyal. commanding him before others intolerable.

but what ghelan had said was worse than those things: he had given morwenna power in a place where kusaxasaa had sought to excise it. "they are mine. they belong to me. and that girl is a traitor to all of saatsine."

voice close, muzzle crowding; would ghelan lunge to fight, or would he run? it was a mercy that the lanzadoii man would give, for this too was his blood, and moreso than he had ever belonged to his mother.

but kusaxasaa refused to grieve this now.

if his son gave challenge, sun eater accepted, for it was time to banish this weakness in ghelan also.