( His voice thins, while he fidgets with his hands, behind his back, fingers kneading. While he breathes out: )

You did kill my father, because I asked, and my friend said so. He said, it's a mean thing I was told, but since I was told, it's true. All of it's true.

( Then, in the careful lilt native to Ke-Waihu, bird-like: ) And Ke-Sanwon didn't erupt. I would have known.