“Thorkel fierce. Thorkel change, become…” She looked up at Orka, who just nodded. “Warriors and vaesen break in, tennúr too.” She paused, her face twisting in a snarl, and she spat on the ground. “Oathless tennúr, and others.” “What others?” Orka grunted. “Skraeling, and… something else. Human, but not,” she said. “Like Thorkel, but… not,” Vesli shrugged. “One of the Tainted?” Orka prompted. “Human, but animal, as well.” “Yes, yes,” Vesli said. “Man, with two long, sharp claws. He fought Thorkel. Nasty man, fierce.” Claws? The seaxes in Thorkel’s body? “Did you see his eyes?” Orka asked. Vesli
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