Qeya River bear tooth

his grin was a gleaming row of charnel spikes. "because their tongues are too clumsy for lanzadoii. they understand meanings. i have burned away what they knew. i am a new way."

"the first man. t'aes." the one he did not know was anselm. "i want to know if he is blood-kin to the grey woman," whom sun eater knew as ash, not ilse. his tail flicked. "you brought a healer. you hear me, sulukinak. you listen." he spread his paws to the land around them. "what do you wish the saatsine to be?"