"She didn't even look!" K'takka snapped from the shadows, her eyes flashing in the light. The silhouette of the rickety woman shook. "She did not return from the Cartenau with the others and did not search afterward! That might be forgivable, but for now she is as absent as the others, and not to be interacted with." Her hadn lifted into a shaft of light, her long claws shivering. Her one, twisted finger with its wicked, singularly black claw, extended towards K'ile, "You abandoned family to run to the side of exiles, summoned exiles here, and I hear you've now brought one back personally!"
Ears twitching under the unpleasantness of K'takka's words, K'ile did not look at that old woman. She would take it as a sign of disrespect or objection, if he was unlucky, as though her eyes had turned dark in the Calamity and saw only unpleasant things now. There was no way around the anger of the elders, though. The things they accused him of were true, and he could never be anything if he did not submit to their judgement concerning every bit of it.
"I have more to confess to." K'ile Tia returned his eyes to the sand, and without waiting for reply, went on, "I convinced K'luha to bring K'tahja to the tribe without waiting for the opinions of the elders. I spoke with K'ailia after her exile and told her to return, hoping you would accept her back. I also met K'hai and spoke with him. When K'luha was hurt, I asked K'haaz to heal her with outsiders' magic, knowing he was an exile."
Ears twitching under the unpleasantness of K'takka's words, K'ile did not look at that old woman. She would take it as a sign of disrespect or objection, if he was unlucky, as though her eyes had turned dark in the Calamity and saw only unpleasant things now. There was no way around the anger of the elders, though. The things they accused him of were true, and he could never be anything if he did not submit to their judgement concerning every bit of it.
"I have more to confess to." K'ile Tia returned his eyes to the sand, and without waiting for reply, went on, "I convinced K'luha to bring K'tahja to the tribe without waiting for the opinions of the elders. I spoke with K'ailia after her exile and told her to return, hoping you would accept her back. I also met K'hai and spoke with him. When K'luha was hurt, I asked K'haaz to heal her with outsiders' magic, knowing he was an exile."
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