Chapter 404

The dining room was in turmoil when we got there. The men that had witnessed Damien’s actions earlier had decided the isolated families should join the camp completely. They insisted Damien, Basin, and Stayne join them for the evening meal in the dining hall.

There was yelling and arguing. Finally the powerful man, Mund, from earlier stood on a chair and made a proclamation.

“The Great Harmonious Spirit is not about division!” he argued. “We have taught our cousins and they have learned. The Spirit calls us together and we must answer!”

As Rose and I had already learned, that was the correct rhetoric. The men couldn’t argue that The Spirit was wrong. It quelled the room to quiet grumbling as everyone got their food.

We got in line with everyone else and picked out a healthy, full meal for ourselves. Rose and I were both quite hungry and took filling items. I could tell by the aromas alone that the men leading the cooking tonight weren’t as adept at it as Abra