Nova Peak the voices in my head suggest a less than peaceful side

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no mulherin. no rise. only they and the sky. skorpa was not unaware of what she meant, but chose to peruse it for a time. had they been allies? why then did she not know where they had gone?

"three clans in north now. this mountain. the glacier, darukaal," nodding his heavy head in such a direction, "and reindeer hunters. saatsine. they roam. have peace between all."

for now. the pale woman had tensed that possibility, and ayovi had gone to right it.

"good neigh-bors." were they of the north or the sea? skorpa did not claim more than one, but forays into the taiga to acquaint would bring visibility to their claim.

skorpa did not intend to be a willing neighbor, nor a willful one. the mountain contented him well enough.

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