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The Ka’yno threatens Rora
(Day 49 on Tashoo)
(Afternoon)
A short while later, I heard someone scratching on the door of my room. I answered the door and
saw Ara standing there. She said, “Mvilu, Kyna is here. He says that he would answer any
questions you have about how the Mory hunt their prey.”
I said, “Good. I have a few questions that I believe he can answer. Those answers may help us
get the meat that you need and I want. I will be right in.”
About a thalloo later, I entered the dining area and saw Kyna. “Chitekuro, TeKyna,” I said.
When he saw me, he stood up respectfully as if I were the Ka’yno himself and said, “Chitekuro,
TeMvilu. You do not have to use the honorific with me. I have been Rora's friend as long as we
have been alive.”
“As you wish—Kyna.”
I walked up to the table and motioned for everyone to sit. Everyone refused to sit until I sat
down, which caused me a bit of consternation. I protested that as a slave I should not sit while
everyone else stood. Ara said, “Mvilu, Kyna’s norotha believes as I do about slavery and taught
her arothoo the same way I taught Rora. In fact, after my norotha died, TaJoola took me in,
raised me as her own norothoo, and taught me her beliefs.”
I must have looked as shocked as I felt because I heard Kyna laugh and say, “Yes, Mvilu, it is
true. After the Ka'yno demanded that she be killed for being an adult, I invoked my ‘Right of
