“I am immensely proud of you,” High Blade Tenkamenin told her. “I knew you’d crack it! Of course Scythe Makeda had her doubts.” “I was voicing healthy skepticism,” Makeda said in her own defense. “We couldn’t count our chickens before they were hatched.” “Or put our eggs in one basket,” added Baba. “I wonder which expression came first, the chickens or the eggs.”
