Chapter Twenty
Feather, with Rasti tucked up around his neck, hurried over to the base of the enormous corrugation, where the other Shaking Lander had now bent to crouch even closer to the prostrate form of Helm. The man looked up as Feather dropped down beside him. He leaned back so that Feather could get a little nearer to his father, a sad smile on his face, his gaze keen and steady.
‘I am glad we have found you, Feather of the Storm,’ he said. ‘I am Kaihoko, hearth partner to Kohu.’
Feather glanced at him distractedly, his mind taken up with the sorry state of his Helm, but he answered with all the courtesy of a tribal envoy. ‘I am pleased to know you, Kaihoko of the Shaking Lands.’
The big man stood and took a step away. ‘Look to your father. We are nearby should you need us.’
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