Ducked down on the floor with his arms locked over his knees, Hector looks prepared to stay there for as long as takes the lupus to heed his request. Maybe longer. Couldn't have been more content to just crouch and listen than he would have been in front of a fire out in the middle of nowhere, drinking after a successful hunt.
Doesn't get flowing prose and textured allegory out of the rough-faced Half Moon, but beggars can't be choosers. He smiles closed-lipped and
"Oh, that's not a long story at all, though," he says. "Before the Uktena followed Fog, he was in a pack bound under Coyote, and they lost their alpha.
"The pack learned it's better to go unseen than it is to be quick, that glory and honor don't always go to the ones who run into battle with their teeth bared, knowing nothing but their own strength. And Coyote understood. Coyote doesn't limit his children. So they went together under Fog from then on. They decided to stay in the White North helping a sept there, and for a while it was good.
"Then Banes cleaved the pack in two three moons back. The Uktena lost a packbrother, a questioner of Stag called First Light, and his tribeswoman Hornet's Nest. The Uktena fought with their alpha, Gears of War, who had frenzied during the fight that killed First Light and Hornet's Nest. The Uktena was proud, and angry, and so was their alpha, and the two fought, and after that their alpha wasn't their alpha anymore. He isn't their anything anymore.
"The Uktena and his packsister Cinder Song decided to stay with Fog. They figured it's better to fight on together than to drift along by themselves. So they came back to the Sept of Forgotten Questions, because the Uktena made a promise to his tribeswoman Hornet's Nest.
"And then the Uktena met this ugly-ass Bone Gnawer called Rabid Jack who didn't act like a total moron when they went to find a missing kinsman and he was like Shit I'd better see if he wants to sneak around finding stuff out about the Wyrm before snapping their necks on the regular. And the Bone Gnawer was like Hell yeah I do so they went off to find Cinder Song and she was like Yeah okay. And they all went off to say What's up to Fog. And Fog was like Hey what's up you're pretty cool you can totally kick it with us. So he did.
"And that's the story of how Rabid Jack joined Celduin."
Doesn't get flowing prose and textured allegory out of the rough-faced Half Moon, but beggars can't be choosers. He smiles closed-lipped and
"Oh, that's not a long story at all, though," he says. "Before the Uktena followed Fog, he was in a pack bound under Coyote, and they lost their alpha.
"The pack learned it's better to go unseen than it is to be quick, that glory and honor don't always go to the ones who run into battle with their teeth bared, knowing nothing but their own strength. And Coyote understood. Coyote doesn't limit his children. So they went together under Fog from then on. They decided to stay in the White North helping a sept there, and for a while it was good.
"Then Banes cleaved the pack in two three moons back. The Uktena lost a packbrother, a questioner of Stag called First Light, and his tribeswoman Hornet's Nest. The Uktena fought with their alpha, Gears of War, who had frenzied during the fight that killed First Light and Hornet's Nest. The Uktena was proud, and angry, and so was their alpha, and the two fought, and after that their alpha wasn't their alpha anymore. He isn't their anything anymore.
"The Uktena and his packsister Cinder Song decided to stay with Fog. They figured it's better to fight on together than to drift along by themselves. So they came back to the Sept of Forgotten Questions, because the Uktena made a promise to his tribeswoman Hornet's Nest.
"And then the Uktena met this ugly-ass Bone Gnawer called Rabid Jack who didn't act like a total moron when they went to find a missing kinsman and he was like Shit I'd better see if he wants to sneak around finding stuff out about the Wyrm before snapping their necks on the regular. And the Bone Gnawer was like Hell yeah I do so they went off to find Cinder Song and she was like Yeah okay. And they all went off to say What's up to Fog. And Fog was like Hey what's up you're pretty cool you can totally kick it with us. So he did.
"And that's the story of how Rabid Jack joined Celduin."