Larksong Grotto peace is attainable

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the bearman's eyes became cold. ayovi swept down then, resplendent in her gravid irritation.

he did not fear the reindeer hunters. if darukaal held fear, it was their own affair. he was already annoyed by the glacier in a way that saatsine had not yet managed. surely they would, however; he had seen the cocky sun eater at their meet and felt that if the man who led darukaal was so incensing, the saatsine hunter would be much the same.

but now faust did more: he insinuated that it was on his word that skorpa would be let alone at his hearth, as if they were needed to guard his domesticity.

it insulted both their northern hearts.

there was nothing to add. if ayovi wished to accept that which had been rejected, it would be a show of grace. but skorpa did not move to take. such things were left where they lay, for returning on word might suggest that winsook needed any ceremonial offer at all.

his eyes moved toward her, and he was still, a sentinel beside the woman who had married him. he did not need to speak again.

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