“I will wait for the Fire, she said. So, my ancient sister sat in the Fire Chamber for many hours, and it grew in her thoughts that she must not leave. She had food brought to her, and then a bed, for all her thoughts were fixed on this: she must not let her eyes stop taking in Val-tor and the holy Gem. But after a long path of time she saw nothing and thought, perhaps it is not true. Perhaps this new king has woven a story to make the lands talk of his Shrine. And she grew angry and began to hate the waiting.
“Now Borukini’s heart was a fountain and not a storehouse, so she gave herself words and spoke to the Gem, saying, Fire, I do not know if you are a god and I do not know if there are rites and customs to perform for you, but I am a first daughter of the Neguenda that rule Murinde. I
