| "I'm sure you have heard of Naimah, the Femeref philosopher who said 'Life is a gift that gives itself but expects you to return the favor one day.' Well, Bwire is one of those shamans who believes that Life should give to him again and again, that once is insufficient for his needs.
"Not content with the 'gift' of the feral shadow's life under his control, Bwire 'returned' it and sought instead a dreadful Breathstealer. Yes, just so!--one of those mysterious terrors that have been the source of nightmares for children and adults alike for as many decades as I can count. "Do you think Life's plan was that we might trade it over and over, never owing the debt of the gift? Well, be that as it may or may not, the wounded shadow was free and Bwire brought the Breathstealer to slaughter the goats. "So how shall I proceed to tell you the tale--would you rather know what became of the shadow? "Or would you rather hear how the Breathstealer and Bwire came to understand each other?" |