Fully knowing he did so for unfair reasons, K'ile disliked K'yohko, almost as much as he disliked the man's brood. He was like a silent she-spider than sat unmoving in the shadows and occasionally left her eggs in the webs of good women. Wise, perhaps, but hideous to him, and he bore a silent grudge that the man had taken one of Thalen's daughters among his women. It was a blessing that the man usually maintained his silence, for when he spoke, K'ile Tia could not help but frown. Whatever the others heard in the man's voice, perhaps humility, K'ile heard only the contented purr of a weasel whose needs were met. That he had not spoken yet despite his sway among his many daughters and mates, was tantamount to neglect. His influence came with responsibility, and his silence was the sound of reluctance, not temperance.
For the first time during the meeting, K'ile switched the hand that turned his staff and the fire upon it. The movement, though, was so quick and fluid, causing not even a single extra spark, that it was easy miss. "I disagree," he said at last. "But only with your final point. No matter the situation, accepting the outsider's so-called help would be unacceptable. The rest is reasonable."
If K'ile Tia had even the slightest ambition to become Nunh, he would break K'yohko's hideous pride like he had broken K'hadim two decades ago, and everyone else whom he'd bound to the racks for breaking the rules of the tribe. If only K'yohko would commit some sort of trespass, but such an event was unlikely to ever occur.
For the first time during the meeting, K'ile switched the hand that turned his staff and the fire upon it. The movement, though, was so quick and fluid, causing not even a single extra spark, that it was easy miss. "I disagree," he said at last. "But only with your final point. No matter the situation, accepting the outsider's so-called help would be unacceptable. The rest is reasonable."
If K'ile Tia had even the slightest ambition to become Nunh, he would break K'yohko's hideous pride like he had broken K'hadim two decades ago, and everyone else whom he'd bound to the racks for breaking the rules of the tribe. If only K'yohko would commit some sort of trespass, but such an event was unlikely to ever occur.
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