Emberwood dvanaest

the single eye brightened, darkening with pleasure to hear ice diver's apt recitation of his words. "you are learning," he tossed her in lanzadoii, assuming that the huntress might by now comprehend the sound of his language.

he sat up then, tail thumping once behind him; it was an extreme show of joy for the aloof caribou man. "i tell you now my name. saatsine say 'sun eater.' but i am called naa'ayikaas c'eyaan tets na’aay. fire dawn man who eats the night sun."

did she see? did she comprehend why he had not forced them all to learn the many sounds of his name? the teekon wolves were not able, he had believed. until ice diver.

did ridgeback appreciate the complete devotion of who she had become?