Exile
“You have grown so much stronger. Now tell me truthfully, do you not feel better than ever in the presence of this ember?”
“Yes, it is true,” Coryn agreed.
“You have strengthened your gizzard,” the Striga said.
Coryn thought the Striga might be right. He no longer felt the deep twinges in his gizzard that he had when in the presence of the ember. But even before he had brought the ember from Bubo’s forge, his gizzard had seemed to quiet in a way that gave him a new ease. Since he had been follow...ing the Striga’s regime of spiritual cleansing by ridding himself of the vanities that had cluttered not so much his hollow, for those had been few, but his mind, life seemed easier. He no longer had the haunting visions of his mother, Nyra, and he finally began to realize that although he had loved his uncle Soren, this love had been a feckless indulgence on his part. It wasn’t reciprocated in the way he had expected. He was basically excluded from the Band. He had never really understood this until the Striga pointed it out to him.MoreLess
“Yes, it is true,” Coryn agreed.
“You have strengthened your gizzard,” the Striga said.
Coryn thought the Striga might be right. He no longer felt the deep twinges in his gizzard that he had when in the presence of the ember. But even before he had brought the ember from Bubo’s forge, his gizzard had seemed to quiet in a way that gave him a new ease. Since he had been follow...ing the Striga’s regime of spiritual cleansing by ridding himself of the vanities that had cluttered not so much his hollow, for those had been few, but his mind, life seemed easier. He no longer had the haunting visions of his mother, Nyra, and he finally began to realize that although he had loved his uncle Soren, this love had been a feckless indulgence on his part. It wasn’t reciprocated in the way he had expected. He was basically excluded from the Band. He had never really understood this until the Striga pointed it out to him.MoreLess
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