(eng) Pam Uphoff - Wine of The Gods 06 by Comet Fall

Author:Comet Fall [Fall, Comet]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Rustle tried to ignore Opinion picking on Ask. It wasn't easy. Was it an oblique criticism of Rustle as well? I suppose I do look like the Eldest Sister of the Rip Crossing Pyramid. If we had a pyramid, and if I was a part of it, instead of practically a visitor.

"Hmph, some triad." Opinion looked over her shoulder at Whoop, Verse and Ask. "I think Rustle would balance better with them than a Crescent Moon."

Particular shrugged. "I know she ought to just be a Half Moon, but she's the best we've got, right now, to fill our triad."

Opinion sniffed. "That odd little boy ought not count at all. Some no-power rapist father, how could he be normal?"

Particular pressed her lips together, limited herself to a single glare toward Opinion.

Rustle tried to keep her face neutral. Particular had been kidnapped and assaulted by a rich pervert in Wallenton, when she was seventeen. Her daughter Garnet was eighteen, a Crescent Moon. But Particular had more sense than to make an issue of it. And I had better do the same.

If Answer heard Opinion's whining, she was ignoring her. "Xanthic, you join up with Verse and Whoop for a Half Moon triad. Ask, as you grasped power late, I'd like you to work with Obsidian. Kindly, if you would run through the basics with them? Thank you. Delight, the two Full Moon triads, please. Elegant and Curious, the Half Moons, and while Furious works with the Waning Half triads, I'd like to speak to the two Crescent moon triads."

Rustle settled down to listen to Delight.

"Most witches spend a dozen years as Half Moons. Particular and Opinion had ten years to practice the skills, and then eight years to use them at the Full Moon level. Catti and Zamm came to us late, but they advanced quickly and settled down for nearly ten years of study and Half and Full Moon levels. Rustle, you are very talented in several areas, but you simply haven't had the years to settle into confident, nearly subconscious usage. So for Triad work, pay attention and learn. Ask me questions, as Opinion and Particular will be taking care of the subtleties automatically."

Rustle bit back any snarky comments about, say, traveling. And noted red spots on Likely's cheeks. She was ten years older than the other four, but her first daughter had not grasped power. Delight said nothing to her. And poor Mostly is stuck in the Half Moons until Mica grasps power. At least they've started looking at the genetics, and not just kicking the girls out at sixteen.

But then Delight started talking about the specific things that Full Moons were often noted for—the workings of wind and water. Rustle listened with fascination as they discussed weather, and altering it. Attracting or diverting storms. "And to do that, you must be able to reach very high, and very far away." She swept her gaze over the group, frowned at Rustle. "Let's form up two triads and see how high you can reach, and how far north.

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