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“I don’t know I never asked him Maybe because they live so far away It’s not like you can get there in an afternoon, or even in a day or two I think he knows that while there may always be des, someday they will be different people Now that he has his own Zelandoni, or rather, Lanzadoni, he has even less reason to s Probably their doniers will still be trained by the zelandonia for quite a while, but as they continue to grow, they will begin to train their own”
“They will be like the Losadunai,” Ayla said “The language, and ways, are so close to Zelandonii, they must have been the same people once”
“I think you’re right, and that ood friends with them We don’t count them in our names and ties, but there may have been a time e did,” Jondalar said
“I wonder how long it has been There are ,” Ayla said They rode a little farther “If the Zelandonii and the Lanzadonii are the sa Echozar finally go along with it? Just because their name says they live in the northeast? It’s not reasonable But then, their objection was not reasonable in the first place”
“Look as behind it,” Jondalar said “Lara but try to help his faa adores you, and I doubt if Lorala would even be alive today if you hadn’t stepped in I wonder if he really cares or just likes the attention I don’t think he has ever been invited to a special h-status people, several of the the case to hi an issue out of it Now that Lara to keep onattention But I still don’t understand Brukeval, of all people He knows Dalanar and Joplaya, he’s even kin”
“Did you know that Matagan’s mother toldto convince so before the Matriainst the Clan, but seeing hiether, you can see the resemblance There is a cast to his features that is definitely Clan, not as strong as Echozar’s, but it is there I think he hates me now because I said histo say that people who are mixed are not bad, not abominations”
“He must still think they are That’s why he tries so hard to deny it It must be terrible to hate what you are,” Jondalar said “You can’t change that It’s funny Echozar hates the Clan, too Why do they hate the people that they are a part of?”
“Maybe it’s because other people hurt them because of who they are, and they can’t hide it because they actually do look different,” Ayla said “But the way Brukeval glared at htens h there is so or deformed about him, like Lanidar with his arm, but on the inside”
“Maybe sootten inside of him, or his elan is twisted,” Jondalar said “I don’t know, but perhaps you should watch out for Brukeval, Ayla He may try to make more trouble for you”
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The surasses of the fields grew tall and turned golden, their heads nodding with the weight of their seed—the prorew heavy, too, filled with the new life of her unborn child She orking beside Jondalar, pulling seeds from wild oats, when she felt movement for the first ti middle Jondalar saw the morion
“What’s wrong, Ayla?” he asked with a worried frown
“I just felt the baby move It’s the first time I’ve felt life!” she said She
see the ing stone fro his hand on her stoain”
He waited expectantly, but felt nothing “I don’t feel anything,” he finally said Just then there was a small movement under his hand, barely a ripple “I felt it! I felt the baby!” he said