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Born of a sterile father? Not possible without divine intervention.
We know too well, however, that the divine is an invention that we employ to help us cope with the chaos inherent to the universe, a chaos that would otherwise overwhelm us. Hence, Flaming Arrow does have a father. Only the Infinite knows the identity of the father and the manner of the fathering.—The Private, Unpublished Archives of Snarling Jaguar, by Slumbering Jaguar.
Healing Hand saw immediately that Guarding Bear's presence inhibited Flaming Arrow. Whatever his friend had wanted to say to him would now remain unsaid. The former Heir loved the old silver-haired General too much to ask him to leave. The medacor guessed, in addition, that the unsaid was so important that Flaming Arrow couldn't risk Guarding Bear's
