Chapter 29
Isika stared at Ivram. "Yes, the Othra told me I am the World Whisperer. But what does it mean?"
"You can't be serious," Jabari said to Ivram, getting to his feet, looming over Isika. He frowned down at her.
"The Othra have spoken, young one," Ivram replied.
"They haven't told me," Jabari said. "Why haven't they told me?"
"But think of how they have attended her, protected her!"
"Please!" Isika said, her hands balled into fists. "Tell me what you are talking about."
"World Whisperer was the title of your grandmother," Ivram said. "More than being our queen, she was the one selected to tame the creation, to soothe it and put it to rights, to heal it and calm it after poison has touched it. Mugunta is always trying to destroy and taint the creation, and the world cries out
