The Starbuck and the Nameless Come Together

Slapping an ending on this!

"Your mother died giving birth to you and your sister."

Pura frowned lightly, but otherwise showed no signs that this news was in any way distressing for him to hear. The manner in which she died would not change the fact that she was dead - and he did not lack for strong women in his life to take up the mantle Pied had dropped when she stopped breathing. Kisu's insistence that Pied had loved the tiny lives within her was.. well, meaningless. Pura did not blame her for her failings, nor did he really care. He did not miss what he had never had.

"OK," he responded, satisfied with the answer, and stood up abruptly - nature's call (of the number #2 variety) signalled that it was time to find a bit of earth to squat over. Along the way, he was distracted by a leaf and did not return to hear more from Kisu.