She felt as though a great boulder was crushing her chest, as though sand had choked its way down her throat to churn in a gravely mess in her stomach, as though Azeyma's pitiless gaze had seared her eyes from their sockets. It mixed with the fear of what her daughter had done, the anger at the girl's defiance, the grief at her hateful words and rejection and left her nauseous. K'piru spun, releasing her grip on the makeshift pack to lash out at the tia behind her. "You can't tell me that!" She shrieked, voice cracking.
"You found nothing - nothing! You don't know what's happened--what she's--where she's gone, because you found nothing! You know nothing!" The words tore from her throat breathlessly, shaking her limbs. "If she were gone, you'd find--you'd..." A sob cut off her voice then, an angry, violent noise.
"You found nothing - nothing! You don't know what's happened--what she's--where she's gone, because you found nothing! You know nothing!" The words tore from her throat breathlessly, shaking her limbs. "If she were gone, you'd find--you'd..." A sob cut off her voice then, an angry, violent noise.
"Song dogs barking at the break of dawn, lightning pushes the edges of a thunderstorm; and these streets, quiet as a sleeping army, send their battered dreams to heaven."
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