A Whisper of Wings
“Clan Swallow-tail sat beneath the grey predawn light and suffered it in silence. Wisps of steam curled from their nostrils to hang like twisting wraiths, while here and there a child coughed, the sound strangely lonely in the eerie forest hush.
Deep amongst the ferns, a speck of brightness wavered. Faint cries and chatter carried on the breeze as piece by piece the forest filled with glorious drifts of song. The Katakanii clans filtered through the leaves at the appointed hour.
Voices r...ose as Swallowtails yelled greetings through the green, and tribesfolk broke into a run as they dashed to meet old friends. The forest erupted into chaos as ten thousand voices pealed out in joy. Dancers from a dozen villages whirled up into the air. Hunters hammered one another on their backs as married daughters clasped themselves in their mother’s arms. It was the yearly binding of the tribe, the time of totenïha.
In the middle of the pandemonium, solemn ceremonies were taking place.MoreLess
Deep amongst the ferns, a speck of brightness wavered. Faint cries and chatter carried on the breeze as piece by piece the forest filled with glorious drifts of song. The Katakanii clans filtered through the leaves at the appointed hour.
Voices r...ose as Swallowtails yelled greetings through the green, and tribesfolk broke into a run as they dashed to meet old friends. The forest erupted into chaos as ten thousand voices pealed out in joy. Dancers from a dozen villages whirled up into the air. Hunters hammered one another on their backs as married daughters clasped themselves in their mother’s arms. It was the yearly binding of the tribe, the time of totenïha.
In the middle of the pandemonium, solemn ceremonies were taking place.MoreLess
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