Dragoncrest Cliffs waiting for the 7.18

Étoille asks a loaded question that Ajatar expected at some point, whether this lesson or another, and she wonders just how long he continue to engage. There is more to their culture than Ajatar can ever teach him in a day but if he is in it for the long haul, she’ll continue to immerse him and hopefully see him as the same as does the others.

“Her name was Jumala. Before Drageda was Drageda, it was Seageda, and it was several days travel north along the coast. She led the wolves there and for the first time, they saw their perseverance. Her spirit, and the spirit of all her successors, has traveled through their vessels,” she pauses, and licks her lips. “There is a lot of speculation about her, passed over the generations. Some of it conflicts and some of it… is grand, but we know she turned the roughest of wolves around and we have flourished since. It is not often spoken, but we know she has kept us safe through all these years.”

Over the time of her teachings, she has taken from the stories about Jumala and decided which ones hold the most truth but it is not until the spirit passes from Thuringwethil to herself that she’ll truly know for certain. She hopes, with Heda’s guidance, she’ll learn some of the cast knowledge before then.

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