Dragonfly
“He was eager to settle the matter of the horse's ownership so he could claim it for himself.
Thunder was the kind of mount a rider in the Horse Followers would sell all he possessed to own. Ignoring his wife's protests that the girl was still unwell, he marched into her chamber and dragged Tashi from the bed. He brought her, still trailing her sheet, into the main part of the tent in front of a meeting of tribesmen. She was clad in one of the men's shirts, from which she had refused to be parte...d to put on more suitable women's robes, and her legs were visibly trembling with weakness.
"As headman, I ask the tribe to give me the blue roan as a prize," declared Zeliph. "This girl says the horse is not hers and she is clearly not fit to own it any more than the clothes she wears. Therefore the stallion should go to me as I caught him on our pastures and brought him here." He sat down as if the matter was done with. Silence fell for a moment, broken only by the swish 295 of fly whisks as the men brushed the buzzing nuisances away.MoreLess
Thunder was the kind of mount a rider in the Horse Followers would sell all he possessed to own. Ignoring his wife's protests that the girl was still unwell, he marched into her chamber and dragged Tashi from the bed. He brought her, still trailing her sheet, into the main part of the tent in front of a meeting of tribesmen. She was clad in one of the men's shirts, from which she had refused to be parte...d to put on more suitable women's robes, and her legs were visibly trembling with weakness.
"As headman, I ask the tribe to give me the blue roan as a prize," declared Zeliph. "This girl says the horse is not hers and she is clearly not fit to own it any more than the clothes she wears. Therefore the stallion should go to me as I caught him on our pastures and brought him here." He sat down as if the matter was done with. Silence fell for a moment, broken only by the swish 295 of fly whisks as the men brushed the buzzing nuisances away.MoreLess
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