Child of the Dead (1995)
“Punishment, maybe, for some infraction of that which is expected of humans by the higher powers of the spirit world. It had always been so. Probably the older members of the band would shake their heads and cluck their tongues in disapproval over some action by the younger generation. He was made to feel that one of the objects of their disapproval would be the thunder-stick. It was only in his own generation that the French trade guns had come into use. He himself had possessed one of the first, captured from a young Shaved Head of the woodlands to the east.
He could understand the dread of such a weapon by those unfamiliar with its use. It carried much power, and a great deal of mystery. The mystical black granules which burned with such destructive force were in themselves dark and dirty, and left a stain on the hands and garments of the user. It was inevitable that some disapproved its use.
It would be pointed out that the People had never encountered the poch until they began to ...use the thunderstick.MoreLess
He could understand the dread of such a weapon by those unfamiliar with its use. It carried much power, and a great deal of mystery. The mystical black granules which burned with such destructive force were in themselves dark and dirty, and left a stain on the hands and garments of the user. It was inevitable that some disapproved its use.
It would be pointed out that the People had never encountered the poch until they began to ...use the thunderstick.MoreLess
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