Lake Rodney in an empty field and

I come from a clan of men. The elder teachers are all fathers and the young are sons. He explained hesitantly, carefully. They raise us to be proper men according to tradition. Providers or protectors — of mind and body. Not spoke but mentally sounded was that there had been no influence of mothers or daughters. He had heard tales of those who ventured to go see them, that they were not as far as it felt, but he had never dared to find his own.

We are given the opportunity to take our teachings out into the world as young men or stay and grow to become a father. Some pause before he carried on in case she had anything to say.