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Updated: June 4, 2025
But as he walked stiffly toward the steep but passable incline, he felt love for the Monarch swell his heart to bursting, and hard tears pushing at his eyes. As he climbed to rejoin the girl, Akar went with Skither into his cave to receive further instruction. Sylviana met her new friend on the parapet. 'What did he say?
This is something you must see. She went out and stood beside him on the parapet. Skither was preparing to leave. He stood solid with legs spread and hooked claws clinging, his abdomen expanding and contracting as he prepared for the single thrust that would send a massive burst of air through the small opening in his purposely dislocated jaw. He let the final breath gather inside him.
The Mantis appeared at the entrance of his cave about an hour after sunrise. Kalus and the wolf had waited by the opening of the smaller enclosure, and knew without being told that he was ready with an answer. Seeing them high above, Skither raised one foreclaw and summoned them to come down. As they drew closer he stepped out slowly toward the center of the ledge.
'Skither lives his whole life, an unselfish warrior for the good, and dies by violence far from his home. Kamela does what is expected of her, Akar does what he feels in his heart, and both are punished and bereft. An eight year old boy He wept. 'An eight year old boy, Sylviana, makes the one mistake of his life..... And he is KILLED for it. While your God..... All at once he let out a roar.
Skither is dead, killed by a mating pair as he tried to draw them out to the place where others stood waiting. Kalus' heart sank, as if a part of himself had died as well. He hardly noted what followed, and only much later was able to piece it all together in his mind. The seasonal battle in the desert spawning place had been fierce and desperate.
His arm gave his eyes no comfort. Skither was dead. Sylviana watched him with apprehension. She had felt an unreasoning terror as he stood before the wounded insect; but now a fear more akin to reality, and therefore duller and deeper, presented itself. She could not know what was said to him, but she knew him well enough to understand at least a part of what he was feeling.
Does she speak of having come from the long silver box? Akar- Yes, I believe it is so. What does this mean? Skither- I'm not certain. Three moon-cycles past I was journeying far to the north and west among the mountains that grow there. At the base of one such peak I found a broad and unnatural tunnel that led deep into the earth.
Your secret is known only to me, and I tell no one. I swear it. Skither remained motionless, puzzled by the presence of the strange and knowing child. Utterly intrigued, he searched the back of his mind for the meaning of their encounter. 'What is it then you would ask? 'Since you are called again to the holy task, your lair will again be left unguarded.
The cold had crept beneath his fur while he slept, and all around him hung a chill moist air that called for action. He still cared for the girl, there were other lives linked to his own, and he knew he must continue. Skither had told him he must. So he rose and walked out onto the parapet.
Apparently Skither had half expected such an end, for he left word with his comrades of the man-child and his mate, leaving these instructions for them: 'The cave is now yours, along with everything in it. This, my messenger, will remain here until he is well enough to move on. Be of good hope, and continue. But Kalus stood in empty disbelief.
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