Chapter ten
Dragon’s TeethNow the Numen gets angry herself. He interferes! Your conceit would be laughable if it was not so dangerous, little Geya. You have interfered far more with the workings of this world. But come — let me reassure you, so that you will leave me alone, for now anyway. Dai became a human being for purely personal reasons. And yes, he asked me first and I gave him my blessing.
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Several days later, one of the scouts, a raider named Anders Fire Breath, gave his report as Gwenn sat eating a bowl of cold porridge for breakfast. “There is a Firaithi Kindred coming, maybe a dozen men among them. They have horses we can use, and women and children we can sell to the Haba.” Gwenn, Arvid and Gunnar listened to this news with interest. Anders continued, “They ride on th
