Moonspear long in tooth and soul

the mountaineer had believed it wise as well. if anything, he had been struck by nikai's resolve -- his triumph in the face of dissolution.

surely, if arcturus had lost a leg, all would be lost.

he flicked an ear in interest to hear nikai was a story-weaver -- like wraen. "has he told you stories?" the beta queried, resolving to seek out nikai some time in the next week so he might test the storyteller's mettle. there was little out there that captured arcturus' fancy -- and his deeply buried longing for something greater -- that listening to stories.