Felltree Marsh red duck

he did not answer. sivaak understood and had proven the alliance between blood-drinker and lanzadoii by dismissing the girl so fiercely. sun eater wished only to question, to command, until the bluster in his chest grew less.

and so he breathed, nodded once to say he had heard. sun eater would not force them to be lanzadoii; sivaak kept him and he would keep her.

"then we go. back to saatsine. you are hunter now, flesh-eater."

though he could not yet smile through such anger, sun eater meant to welcome sivaak in his own way.

"one captive is of the moon, i think. if i take a second, i will trade her away. that way the heart of their tribe is truly broken." he did not need two captives, and less than that he did not need two related who would work together against him.

once more he stared after the two, then jerked himself into a turn with a loud growl, hackles flared in frustration, and he would not speak again until they had come back to their settlement.