Ocean's Breath Plateau wind sister

"ah," chakliux answered, understanding now how she had given offense. "when a man comes into a lodge and he says i am a warrior, i am a hunter, we laugh at him. we pretend we cannot see his strength. it is a joke." but one between men.
"i see that you are strong, towhee. i see that your eye is fierce. i know you cannot hear, but what is hearing when you have seeing? and what is seeing if you have hearing? i knew a man once who had no eyes. after a time, he knew each member of the village by step. that is a shaman's magick, to change the body so it is stronger in new ways."