Qeya River šest

two voles swung from the man's jaws, bobbing with each of his long steps. he was unaccustomed to being summoned, and for a moment he only stared in the direction from which the call had come. stone crier had sent her voice up with that of the fast running hunter. their chieftain took some minutes to dig a shallow cache into which he dropped the voles.

what he found as he began to trail her was sheep killer's step, his tracks mingling. a slain rabbit had been carried here, the fragrance of its offal rich and telling.

he found them together, and could not stop the bemused smirk which flickered through the remaining slate eye. "why call?" sun eater asked, though he felt he knew the reason.

red leaf danced in his mind, her face changing to that of gheli a moment later. silent pain chased these images.