Yew Too

So .. what does a half dead mostly drunk self pitying asshole recently disturbed from his Fine and Pleasant Misery do to repay the Fucking Bitch for her ill timed and pointedly positive interference with said Misery?

He gets her a kaiila.

It made sense at the time.

So I stumbled off towards the kaiila pens with just this goal in mind.

Cana was there .. Mezoo arrived soon after I did. The railings kept me standing upright for the most part.

Cana showed me the kaiila that Jaella rode back to the Harigga on .. the once Kassar kaiila. I liked him .. a lot. We spoke some about him before I told her what I was after .. get of Yew... preferably a filly. I knew she had Ducat ... this was supposed to be something different.

Cana cut two kaiila for me to see .. one was almost a yearling .. the other had not even been ringed yet. The second .. younger one ... took my interest instantly. A shitass of epic proportions. In the mood I was in .. it worked for me.

We settled on a price .. an interesting price. Then Cana asked me never to let the filly breed with Yew .. I tried to tell her that would not be a problem. I did not know for sure what happened to Yew but a few orders from an Oralu had been enough to find out for sure the beast did not exist in the Harigga.

There was talk with Mezoo .. who was looking for a beast but was not sure what she wished to settle on yet. Cana wondering how I wished the beast trained .. I told her it was for Seveya .. she just shrugged at me and told me that perhaps Seveya was the best judge. I am not sure why she was so distant and short with me. Perhaps it was the aroma of paga that was leaking out of every pore .. would not be the first woman to find that distasteful.

It was about then that Karvek showed up. He came to lean against the rail and while we bantered some about Holo and his ugly mangy offspring .. Cana asked Karvek about Yew. Now Karvek avoided telling Cana strait up what had happened to the kaiila but Cana was a shrewd sleen on a trail and was not going to be satisfied with anything but the truth .. the whole truth. Finally Karvek admitted to burning him on the pyre he had set for his niece.

I saw the blow hit Cana like a physical gut shot. I wanted to step to her side .. but it was not my place and it would have just started a bunch of shit with Karvek that would have made things more complicated then they needed to be. From the corner of my eye .. I saw Mezoo's hand rise ... as if reaching ... only to fall back. She had the same idea I think. I kept my eyes on Ciegue .. he told me more about where Cana was at than I could have learned by watching Cana herself.

I should not have worried. It did not take long for that protective righteous indignation to fire up in Cana and she lit into Karvek.

I started feeling sorry for Karvek. Not that he did not deserve her words but .. damn ... you just do not want to piss that woman off. Especially about her children or her kaiila ... it is just not a good idea at all and Karvek was just walking on into it like he did not see the storm clouds brewing.

damn

When Cana had said her piece and Karvek had walked off .. she came over by the rail and looked at me and cursed Karvek with a request. I told her I would see it was done. Surely the woman knew by now there was not much she could not ask of me.

Mezoo mistook my words for words of anger and hatred. I tried to tell her they were no such thing. I am not such a hypocrite. I understand Karvek .. if not completely I at least know I have done the same and worse for my own reasons and my own motivations. Though I at least retained most of my sanity. I do not like Karvek .. I do not believe he has much to offer the Tribe right now. I believe he has lost his mind and is dangerous to the Harigga and to the plains. But there is no hatred in me for him .. not even for what he did to Seveya ... have I not done worse? I tried to tell Mezoo these things .. to relieve her of the fear that I would allow hatred to mar the ebb and flow of energies around us ... but she gave me a single nod before she changed the subject and spoke to Cana about something I was not involved with.

I felt dismissed .. felt that flame of my temper getting fanned and I chose to step away before it grew into something that would cause me to say or do something I would regret later. The way I was feeling .. it would not have taken long for my temper to react. I left Mezoo and Cana to speak among themselves and I hoped Cana would find some peace of mind as soon as her own temper had a chance to cool.

I took with me the visual of Yew Too .. the shitass little filly. I could not wait to tell Seveya of her.

I wonder if she will recognize the resemblance between owner and beast.