Mother of Eden
“Quietstream had made me doubt everything I’d done in New Earth. But Greenstone greeted me with a happy smile.
“Here’s my smart smart Starlight,” he said to the chief, sending Purelight away on some other errand and setting other helpers to keep watch outside the doors.
Earthseeker stood and bowed, but the old guy looked a lot less pleased to see me. He didn’t smile or meet my eyes, and, when he sat down again, he looked away from me, and down at his big hands lying on his lap.
“Was I was right ...to speak those words?” I asked Greenstone. “The ones people aren’t supposed to say?”
Earthseeker was still looking at his hands, but I could see him tense, his big, thickly bearded face working away as his feelings fought one another inside him.
“I was surprised, and I was kind of shocked at first, but I thought to myself: Starlight is clever. This is all part of her plan. And I could see why you were doing it, too. It was another way of giving power back to the small people, not just from the chiefs, but from the teachers, too.MoreLess
“Here’s my smart smart Starlight,” he said to the chief, sending Purelight away on some other errand and setting other helpers to keep watch outside the doors.
Earthseeker stood and bowed, but the old guy looked a lot less pleased to see me. He didn’t smile or meet my eyes, and, when he sat down again, he looked away from me, and down at his big hands lying on his lap.
“Was I was right ...to speak those words?” I asked Greenstone. “The ones people aren’t supposed to say?”
Earthseeker was still looking at his hands, but I could see him tense, his big, thickly bearded face working away as his feelings fought one another inside him.
“I was surprised, and I was kind of shocked at first, but I thought to myself: Starlight is clever. This is all part of her plan. And I could see why you were doing it, too. It was another way of giving power back to the small people, not just from the chiefs, but from the teachers, too.MoreLess
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