Swiftcurrent Creek waiting star

what exactly is going on?

she stayed still and silent. a rigid thing of frozen stone against the odd men and their even odder words. in truth, she had half a mind to think that sun eater should have simply side swept them like he once had qeya. yet she did not think she wanted that to be her first decision as war chief.

bitter men. whatever their relations.

her gaze only shifted away from their fanfare to look to the woman briefly. then to sun eater.

whatever churned between him and this new woman was best left to bloom away from here. she gestured with her chin for saatsine to take leave. perhaps north and through the wetlands down again. perhaps straight south and then cut along. any path that would not be so direct.

these things not said to his ears yet. she only hoped that he would heed her advising moment.

let these soured men have their moment.

sun eater had his s'aa.