“No matter which part of the country you’re from, which clan you swear allegiance to, whether you wear jade or not, we are all Kekonese. We defend and avenge our own. You wrong any of us, you wrong us all. You seek to war with us, and we will return it a hundredfold.” Hilo was not one for speeches—that had always been Ayt’s strength—but the words that came to him now sprang to mind fully formed.
