The woman seemed to wither in front of him. His hardened thoughts told him it looked like heat exhaustion, but he felt that it looked like bloodless. It looked like she was bleeding out and would soon die. There was an ironic streak of protectiveness in him that told him to defend K'piru from whatever was assailing her, even though it was he himself. How would he protect her from that?
Loosening his grip on her hands, K'ile said, "You should be with someone." But not with him, who didn't care for her loss, who only cared that she remain with the tribe. Truthfully, he was perhaps glad to have separated K'aijeen from K'piru and K'thalen, from their children. He had always envied his brother, and now he could do so without reservation. In his wicked heart, so obscured that he had not realized it until now, there was no part of his brother's life which he did not wish that he possessed.
Among them was the Nunh's ability to offer comfort, and he did not think it was a sin to envy at least that much. "I'll go find Thalen and tell him to attend to you. He'll be able to comfort you."
Loosening his grip on her hands, K'ile said, "You should be with someone." But not with him, who didn't care for her loss, who only cared that she remain with the tribe. Truthfully, he was perhaps glad to have separated K'aijeen from K'piru and K'thalen, from their children. He had always envied his brother, and now he could do so without reservation. In his wicked heart, so obscured that he had not realized it until now, there was no part of his brother's life which he did not wish that he possessed.
Among them was the Nunh's ability to offer comfort, and he did not think it was a sin to envy at least that much. "I'll go find Thalen and tell him to attend to you. He'll be able to comfort you."
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