Savanna Living ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Since Kanu seems to be himself, rather than acting constrained or disturbed when he is present, Summer Wind fervently hopes that this is his way of giving her space and a chance to get her footing in this new place, rather than the young man simply trying to avoid her. Then, one day, Syura announces that it is time. The young northern princess is to prove herself in this far southern location. "What must I do?" asks Summer Wind, and the fact that she does not balk counts already in her favor.

10 years ago

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For the first few days, Summer Wind is strongly reminded of her introduction to Smoke Cat Watching's clan when she was only 14. She is given no tasks and allowed to wander at will through the village, asking questions or just quietly watching the dynamics; as for interactions, she eats and socializes primarily with Syura, her husband Taronyu, her daughter Syeha, and sometimes also Kanu. When Summer Wind asks where Kanu is the rest of the time, it is either with friends, or tending the herds.

10 years ago

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Syura is pleasantly surprised by her initial meeting with "the one who dances", since her son had arrived home in something akin to flat despair, thinking Summer Wind had forsaken both him and that pursuit forever. But this girl, yes, this girl might really be the right one. First, certainly, she must be studied and observed, for Syura has but one son and one daughter to delight in. The witch-woman has looked forward for a long time to doubling that number, but her own girl is too young yet.

10 years ago

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And then there is Syura, who appears to know all about Summer Wind from the first moment of touching her shoulder in greeting. She doesn't actually, of course, and there is a great deal that the witch-woman knows in advance, since Kanu has told his mother much on this trip home of "the right one, who dances", but so it seems to the young northern woman... no, girl... for here she has yet to be counted as an adult. Summer Wind hopes that the earning will have nothing to do with huge animals.

10 years ago

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The lush waving grasses and abundant trees are so lovely, and the settled villages that yet have manageable herds of domesticated cattle seem reminiscent of the best of everywhere that Summer Wind has seen on her journeys. This, of course, is before she realizes what it means to live with lions, and packs of wild dogs, and crocodiles in the rivers, etc., but then, no place is perfect. There are cities to the north and south and east, but none has an equal to the Arcane Academy that lured Kanu.

10 years ago