His work was meticulous and thought out. While Larkspur lacked artistic vision, he was more than capable of the human-like tasks Misery had taught him. Stealing, caring for and making leather, dealing with the horses; she had showed him all of these things. He thus worked with trained hands, albeit his fingers too large for fine details. Stitching was something he couldn’t stand, though he understood how it worked. Yet this task, running the dull blade over rubbery skin, this was something he was capable of. He was capable of much more than he suspected the other adults here believed.
This was why he understood Pandemic, who all but mirrored him in this manner. Larkspur had been burly and considered stupid by his more outgoing pack. His sister had never teased him, though she had never stopped the others from doing so. Wisteria had known her place. “The sky here ain’t that big,” he said quietly, thinking of how it had been in the Khalif. The mountains had placed them right at the borders of the clouds, and there one could fall into the heavens—if they took too many drugs or were chosen by a god to ascend. “Yer bound t’the earth anyway, Pan. Same with me.” Without turning, his voice shifted suddenly. It became clear and calm, lacking the hesitation that came when he spoke English. “Tak bindet uns hier, und wir sind so an ihn gebunden. Er hat die Macht der Erde. Solange Sie die Erde berühren, werden Sie von ihm gesehen zu werden. Die beiden anderen sehen Sie, wenn Sie unter dem Himmel gehen, wie gut Sie sollten. Sie werden dich vor ihm schützen.”
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