the sky above us shoots to kill

Nayati Utina · 08-03-2011, 10:17 PM

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Nayati was not the type to question his superiors. He had grown up in the Great Tribe, all of the customs and behavior hard-wired into him. Had Chitsa been right when she had spoken so disrespectfully to him? It was true, he had let his emotions get the better of him when he had first addressed the Councilman, but he did not regret the valid questions that he had asked and he did not believe he was wrong in doubting the truth of the answers they had been given. Maska Ahote was a wormy, archaic creature who had no doubt ridden his family name into the Council and not earned with his own merits. He was treating everyone who did not kiss his feet as offal. That was not the way of the tribe, he was making a god of himself.

The pads of his fingers burned, but he continued to fire arrows off at the tree. It was his only outlet, the only way to release the anger that had built up inside of him. The Utina did not want his family to see him this way, especially not Kuruk and Saqui. His children may have been young but surely even they could feel all of the negative energy that surrounded their father. There were even darker clouds on the horizon though, a storm coming, and he wondered how much longer he would be able to shield his family from what was to come.

He had heard the sounds of approach, but as they were accompanied by his sister's scent he did not pause in his actions or make any move to depart. Another arrow was nocked in his bow as she asked what he was doing out here in the woods. After a moment of concentration he let the feathered shaft fly and turned to face her as it made a thunk in the trunk of the tree. "Because there is nothing else for me to do." He wasn't merely speaking of his lack of a rank, it was about the entire situation. His home was being corrupted, and he was helpless to stop it.

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