Blackwater Islands bruise

tell me of wanlida —

wanlida, ingram begins, letting the title of roll off of his tongue. bringer of death. determined and brutal. aggressive, assertive and hostile. wanlida is him and he is them; though he remains ignorant of the fact that the entity — the soul — he feels is that of his grandmother. this entity is competitive and jealous and unforgiving.[/q]

though he is not sure what telling her of wanlida might accomplish: he considers that perhaps it would be easier to find one of her princes that mimic the strongest traits of the loudest commander in his head.