K'ile almost told the elders about K'aijeen. It was on the tip of his tongue, that the girl had lied to K'airos. But that might just complicate the story. That K'aijeen held sway over the hearts of his family just made her a more problematic kind of exile, a troubling flavor of exile. If K'ile wanted to open the hearts of the elders to those they had lost in the past, he would have to tell the story in the right way. Mentioning K'aijeen was likely to make them defensive. Instead...
"Airos thought that there weren't any survivors," he said, looking up at K'deiki more boldly now. She was the one most likely to be swayed by sentiment, the others too bitter or protective. "She didn't realize there was a tribe to come home to. When she found out that wasn't true, she celebrated!" He smiled at K'deiki, "You know how happy she can get, how excited she can be. You've never seen her as happy as she was when she found out we were still alive."
"Airos thought that there weren't any survivors," he said, looking up at K'deiki more boldly now. She was the one most likely to be swayed by sentiment, the others too bitter or protective. "She didn't realize there was a tribe to come home to. When she found out that wasn't true, she celebrated!" He smiled at K'deiki, "You know how happy she can get, how excited she can be. You've never seen her as happy as she was when she found out we were still alive."
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