K'takka was looking at her fingernails. Her index finger on one hand was misshapen, rigid and dark. It looked as though it had been carved from wood and melded to her hand. The long, sharp nail of that finger was individually black, contrasting the pail nails of her other fingers. Her eyes rose to consider K'deiki as though she were trying to decide whether or not the woman had gone mad.
Then she flicked her gaze to K'tahjha and said to the tent as a whole, "There is nothing to consider. She is the daughter of the Nunh. The 'right path' is in her blood."
Then she flicked her gaze to K'tahjha and said to the tent as a whole, "There is nothing to consider. She is the daughter of the Nunh. The 'right path' is in her blood."