We have been to Ke-Waihu -- and the other villages. The House of Ravens. We hid you there, for Anurr's sake. [Never mind that he had voted against that.] Moons ago for us, but it hasn't happened to you yet.
[He really is extraordinarily cold now, and struggling to stay on his feet, his hand clutched to his heart now as hers has been clutched to her own. He is talking in circles now, he knows, but he isn't sure what else to say.]
I can prove nothing to you, except by speaking to my fellows. We encountered your son after we left Ke-Waihu and crossed waters. He carried a sickness with him, a pestilence -- I think it was caused by his presence. He said he was your son, your husband's son. Look for that sickness, don't tarry here. I cannot say what he needs or wishes, I can only beg you to free the people of Yancai. What you're doing here, it won't help you... not in the end.
But if you seek to finish the man in white, so do we.
"I met a traveler from an antique land..."
[He really is extraordinarily cold now, and struggling to stay on his feet, his hand clutched to his heart now as hers has been clutched to her own. He is talking in circles now, he knows, but he isn't sure what else to say.]
I can prove nothing to you, except by speaking to my fellows. We encountered your son after we left Ke-Waihu and crossed waters. He carried a sickness with him, a pestilence -- I think it was caused by his presence. He said he was your son, your husband's son. Look for that sickness, don't tarry here. I cannot say what he needs or wishes, I can only beg you to free the people of Yancai. What you're doing here, it won't help you... not in the end.
But if you seek to finish the man in white, so do we.