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“Losaduna is fortunate to have found a woman like her Just as I was fortunate to find Willaain, but I’lad he persisted” She turned to smile at him “I suppose that’s one reason I finally passed on the leadership I was leader for many years with Willarew tired of the demands I wanted some time to myself, and I wanted to have so, I wanted to be a ain Joharran seemed to have the potential, so I started to prepare hilad to pass the responsibility on to him He is very much like Joconan, I’m sure he’s the son of Joconan’s spirit” She smiled at her eldest son “I still keep a hand in Joharran often consults with h I think he does it for my sake, not his”
“That’s not true, mother I value your advice,” Joharran said
“Did you love Dalanar very s and stories about your love” He had heard the, how could they have parted?
“Yes, I loved him, Jondalar A set solad we are still friends I think we are better friends now than ere mated” She noticed her elder son “I still love Joconan, too Hiswoh it took him a while to decide what he wanted,” she added rather cryptically
Jondalar remembered the story he had heard about his mother on his Journey “You mean between you and Bodoa or both?” he asked
“Bodoa! I haven’t heard that nan wo trained by the zelandonia? From some eastern people, ere they called? Zar … Sard … so”
“S’Armunai,” Jondalar said
“That’s it I was still young when she left, but it’s said she was quite skilled,” Zelandoni said
“She is S’Armuna now Ayla and I met her on our Journey The S’Armunai Wolf Women captured me, and Ayla followed their trail and caet away from them alive If it hadn’t been for Wolf, I don’t think either one of us would be here You can i those people who not only kne to speak Zelandonii, but knew my mother!”
“What happened?” several people asked
Jondalar briefly related the story of the cruel woh S’Arretted it and finally decided to help her people and try to correct the problems Attaroa caused” Everyone shook their heads in wonder
“That’s the most oudandish story I’ve ever heard,” Zelandoni said, “but it shohat can happen when a donier becoone far if she hadn’t abused her power It’s lucky for her that she finally came to her senses It is said One Who Serves The Mother will pay in the next world if they misuse their power in this one That’s one reason the zelandonia are so careful about who back It’s one e are different from leaders of a Cave A Zelandoni is a Zelandoni for life Even if we may sometimes want to, we cannot drop the burden”
Everyone was quiet for a while, thinking about the story Jondalar had told They looked up when Ramara came by “I’ht the rhino in Jondalar gets credit, it was his spear that killed him”
“I’lad to hear that, thank you, Ramara”
Ramara would have liked to stay and hear what everyone was talking about, but she did have other things to do, and she wasn’t specifically invited, although no one would have told her go