Swiftcurrent Creek earth kills

He shifted. It's hard to explain. Some day I'll have to show you, but I get up before the sun rises to do it. So.

What he  meant was if you don't like getting up that early you won't like to learn, but he wasn't an absolute arse to say that. Exactly, just partially.

he chuckled. It wasn't often that many could assume he was what he was. They thought big gigantic lug. They didn't realize big gigantic softy zen man. 

Sangeda? he did not know this foreign name. He shifted to rub against a tree, actually pressing a little long than necessary as his fur had begun to fall from him as the season began to change.

Where were you born? My dad lived here for a time. Had he stayed I'd have been born here.