Star Wolf by Kathryn Lasky

Author:Kathryn Lasky [Lasky, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2012-11-25T23:00:00+00:00

Edme returned to the snow snug and Myrr lifted his head.

“Edme, are you angry with me?”

“No, dear. Never. I was wrong to speak so, so harshly.”

“But it was my fault, Edme.”

“What? No, not ever. Why would it ever be your fault?”

“My stupid imagination,” Myrr said, and Edme inhaled sharply. “Imagination can be bad. I know.”

“What? What are you saying?”

“My mum and da, they imagined the prophet was real. They thought he was Skaarsgard, come down from the star ladder to save them. They joined the Skaars dancers. And it was all in their imagination — even when you and Faolan showed them who the prophet really was, they wouldn’t believe you. That’s what I mean. Imagination can be very bad.”

“Imagination can be good, Myrr. If we can’t imagine, we cannot feel another creature’s pain or sadness. Imagination is why we do lochinvyrr — to tell the dying animal we understand its pain, to thank the animal for the sacrifice of its meat.”

“Sometimes I imagine the saddest thing. I imagine …” Myrr’s voice dropped.

“What is it, Myrr? Tell me, and maybe it will help.”

“I imagine that maybe, maybe I might do something bad and you’ll turn your back on me and walk away like Mum and Da did.”

Edme reached out and pulled the pup close to her. He could feel her heart beating just as he had when Edme and Faolan had taken him over the crest of the pressure ridge. “Listen to me, Myrr. That is never going to happen. I cannot even begin to imagine that. We are not blood kin, marrow kin, but we are kin in a way that is unbreakable.”

“Like paw fast?”

“Not exactly, because I am much, much too old to be your mate. But let’s say we are spirit fast.”

“Spirit fast. I like that.”

“Well, we are.” And Edme hugged the pup closer. Myrr felt her heart beating, and he knew his world was complete.

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