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Maldonden agreed to let Diaga and I stay to watch the Agles and the Shadrows celebrate their entry into the Elemental Plane. The other Saichens were wary of Diaga and held their children close to themselves when we walked together. “Mother Ashna, why are the Saichens afraid of me? The Mawkawins won’t put feathers in my hair anymore,” she asked on one of our walks outside the village. “You did something that they didn’t like dear Diaga.” I told her with my hand on her head. She pulled away from me and sat on a large boulder.
“What did I do? I aske
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Diaga’s spidery legs swung off the edge of our patio in the Saichen village. Four season cycles had pass since I rescued her from death. We had taken refuge in the treetop town about two season cycles ago, when the humans began hunting us. The Saichens took us in. Diaga had become very fond of the clans and was eager to learn more about the Elements. Still unknown to me was my own, but with my studies along side Diaga I was starting to discover my abilities.
I watched her from the inside of our hut, though she was never a real bother. Her thin frame was hidden under robes made by the Wolfkin w
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The child played with stones at the edge of the cave, banging them together and making babyish gabble. I watch her, unsure really what to do with her. She couldn’t walk yet, nor could she eat anything hard. I felt that there might be some potential in her, being the daughter of an Elementalist. I did sense an energy within her. It was queer in a way, powerful, almost too powerful to be held in such a weak Body. She stopped for a moment and examined a stone an intelligent gesture I assumed. She looked over to me. “Ghaa!” she said and banged the stone to the cavern floor.
The Delay
