Wheeling Gull Isle belief

Shy? He didn't know that word! Nobody would have described Mojag as such, and his family were so open and expressive in their ways, it was not something familiar to him. But he saw the bashful way the man comported himself and understood he was nervous of his voice, and thought that was quite sad.

I would sing all kinds of things! My anaa says I started singing before I could talk, which was true, and natural, but his was a prolific sort of performance that had kept the people of Moonglow from sleeping well; how thankful they must be that he is older now, or far away!

He went quiet a second, diminished by a thought. I should be learning the hunting songs now. But that's okay, I can always show you - and Heda, and everyone - the songs that I have made!

If he was destined to be a hunter one day, he'd learn the songs. His life was disordered now that he'd been swept away from all he knew.