Heart of a mother
"Kittling!" she had dreamt again! Dreamt about her mysterious dark-haired son!
What a mystery he had been, never able to get his heart into gardening like the others in the village; he preferred to roam around in the rocks surrounding Sorrow's end, and that had saved their lives during the draught. When everybody was despairing, hopelessly minding their scarce crops, he had acted. He had brought food back to them, meat. At first they'd felt uneasy about eating it but Ingen had realized that sometimes you have to do things you wouldn't normally do. To survive.
You look sad Jarrah! Is there anyway I can help you?
Cutter! Blood of ten chiefs! Kin seeker! Shard seeker! And the reason her son had left Sorrow's end in defeat. Yet she didn't blame him. She hardly ever spoke with her son anymore when it happened anyway. And Cutter had suffered so much when Rayek, her son, had taken his family years and years into the future. Nothing could be worse than being deprived of all those you love.
Jarrah! What is it? My earlier dispute with Rayek is not going to colour my judgment of you!
I miss him! Rayek! It's strange! We weren't close when he was a… cub… we didn't understand him. His father and I! And now… when he's gone… I regret!
I know what it's like not to understand a child! I didn't understand Sunstream before. He was so... I can't explain! But this I want you to know: what Rayek did was the bravest I have ever seen anyone do! He gave up everything. Every hope of a normal life! To safe us!
And Cutter, losing words, sent her a picture so terrible and yet so… no words could fully say what she felt, seeing her son taking in the Black Snake's spirit to safe the entire world.
He was brave!