03 Renagades Magic by Hobb Robin

Author:Hobb, Robin [Robin, Hobb,]
Format: epub
Published: 2010-04-10T16:37:07.705000+00:00

When he did not need my advice, he ignored me. At those times, I felt as if I were coming loose from time as well as space. I seemed not to sleep but from time to time to lose awareness of myself as a separate entity. I felt like a tiny piece of driftwood spinning slowly in a backwater of his mind. The currents moved me but I had no influence on them. His words about which people were truly my own ate at me like acid; I felt that my core self grew smaller whenever I considered them. Buel Hitch's words from long ago came back to haunt me. Why was it a virtue to remain loyal to a people simply because I had been born into their midst? Why could I not simply turn my back on the Gernians as they had turned against me, and become a Speck with my whole heart? At such times, I think that only my small circle of kin and friends at Gettys kept me Gernian. As from a distance, I watched Soldier's Boy court Olikea's kin-clan, trying to gain their acceptance and trust. And when the time came, he did not invite Jodoli to his lodge, but instead sought him out on the kin-clan's own grounds. Olikea's and Firada's father quickly welcomed him in. Kilikurra had been the first Speck to speak to me, and I think he felt a measure of honour in having been the first to recognize a Great One come amongst them. He was a man of middle years, with black lips, mismatched eyes and streaky gray hair. I now thought of how he had lost the mother of his daughters to Kinrove's dance, and saw his fresh grief at the loss of his grandson. He and Soldier's Boy spoke long and quietly together, and Soldier's Boy made him an ally in his drive to regain the boy. It was heartbreaking how easily the man was won over by Soldier's Boy's promises of doing all he could to get Likari back Soldier's Boy did not try to conceal the grief he felt at the boy's absence and his concern for his well-being. I don't think that even he could detect the line between what he actually felt and how useful it was in swaying the Specks to his cause. Yet others of Olikea's kin-clan were not as swift to welcome Soldier's Boy wholeheartedly. I suspect that Jodoli did not encourage the people of his kin-clan to trust the interloper. Soldier's Boy's presence had greatly modified the attitude of the extended family group towards Jodoli. Both he and Firada had been relieved when Soldier's Boy had taken up residence in Lisana's old lodge, well away from the village where they traditionally wintered. They had been happy to characterize him as a Great One with no attached kin-clan, a sort of renegade mage. Jodoli had begun to solidify his standing with the kin-clan, and now here came Soldier's Boy, threatening it once more.

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