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While she had a point that the subject matter appeared childish, I knew what most children feared to be true. The Ashura were real.
What good was learning the principles if we weren’t going to hear the verbal bindings that they were the foundations for?
“Tak.”
“Roh.”
Whent and Ern.
Ahn, Ahl. Wyr and Ehr.”
Imagine that, keeping me from my old rooms.”
Was I any different? Would I follow in their steps?
Did you drag them up to rooftops only to tip them over and then tell them they’re not ready because they can’t do something you can?”
“Brahm’s blood! There could be students down there.”
I fell flat on the ground, wondering how someone so unhinged became not only a teacher, but the master of a discipline.
Maybe you’ll prove saner than us all and walk away from this.”
And a bit more of reputation certainly couldn’t hurt.
“Someone might say a rishi could get to the point without the prancing about like a show horse.”
“I swear I’ll give you a reason to be admitted to the Crow’s Nest, you little
Go make trouble with women. I certainly did at your age.”
It’s like looking at a wild cat that’s never gotten enough to eat. Girls talk about it.”
You could choose between beheading or hanging. The joys of freedom of choice.
gambesons,
What better way to remove your rivals?
Fine legend I am. Cleaning my clothes and manipulating firelight for stories. Is that the breadth of what I can do now?
I’ve always maintained it says more about the man willing to use “dog” as an insult than it ever does the creature.
How many thrashings could a noble-born boy have gotten into?
Aram gazed at my chest and arched a brow. “What’s under your robes? Brahm’s blood, I never thought I’d be asking you that question.”
“Smart enough to stay well far away from you and your madness, boy!”
Just the serpent and the boy who slew it in the great white north high above the world.
How far could a song spread if told in a small village like Volthi?
“He can bring down a mountain and slay a serpent out of stories, but bring the girl back for more than a meal.
I grew up in the theater, and I have never met a more finicky and dramatic being.
“Stay for wyr, and travel ehr!”
“Well, why are you on the floor? That is a terrible place to sleep. Trust me, I know.”
Ahn and ahl. To anchor and to throw?
one for tak, another for roh.
whent, then go to ern.
ahn, push danger with ahl.
wyr, end over ehr.
“Oi, dakha! Bandits! Quick, wake and stand ready!”
Wait there so I can find some, then I’ll burn you proper.”
Had I sent him up to Ampur with my theory? Had he done it to lure me?
“After all, it takes a village to raise a child, but only takes a child to raze a village.
Jim Hurd.
Chris Reed
