Saran

I set my pack and drum down to the right of the fire. They say the left belongs to the host, so there's nothing to dispute.

• BatmaSetting your drum down beside someone else's pot and calling it no dispute, these days Heaven mustn't be teaching manners anymore.
  SaranI'll pay for the milk tea.
• HargalA shaman's place is the white tent. Be back before the sun sets.
  SaranSince when does Hargal hear Heaven's voice.
• SorongoThis bit of news alone is worth two measures of salt.

It took me three days to hold out the chipped silver cup with both hands. What trembled wasn't the cup. It was my wrist.

• TuyanMaster! That's something our people never do for an enemy, ah, I didn't say anything.
  HargalTuyan. Mouth.
• ArjanIf the cup's chipped, the reckoning's chipped too.
  SaranOld man, go roast your bones.

The message from the main camp was short. It didn't say come back. It asked when I'd prove my worth.

• SorongoMessages from the main camp fetch a good price. You've no plans to sell it, do you?
  SaranYou've already read it, haven't you.
• HargalSet a date to return.
  SaranHargal always asks for a date first. But Heaven never gives one.