A new clan on Pandora Chapter IV

The shortly after this tragedy, Jake tested the need to have a little for loneliness and went to the headland. Scanning the sky in the search of its mounting, it whistled it. Behind him, he heard a small cry, his Ikran looked it of a sad air, he wanted to flatter the neck to him, he concealed himself to smell the hand of Jake lengthily and reiterated his small plaintive cry. Of its long blow, it indicated the tree-house and turned over to its hand. Jake looked at these sad eyes almost begging. Jake was connected to him to try to include/understand the reaction of its Ikran. It included/understood in a flash, its Ikran knew that a newcomer had entered the life of Jake, perhaps in an unconscious way.
Jake set out again towards the tree and returned with Neytiri and the baby, it gently approached the child under the muzzle of Ikran which smelled it lengthily. He rectified the neck, then deploying its go, plunged in the vacuum by pushing a great cry. It returned a few moments later with an enormous flower which it deposited with their feet.
They were looked at flabbergasting by this scene. Jake and Neytiri, to amuse by what it had just seen, decided to try the same experiment with Grâce which had as a practice to nest never very far from Ikran de Jake Neytiri called it by two small short cries, Grâce was right behind a large thicket, it smelled the baby lengthily, flew away by pushing great cries, carrying out a multitude of aerobaticss. It returned to ground and with the general surprise, Ikran de Jake was beside that of Grace and rubbed its long neck against it.
Although this reaction is extremely curious, it had a base. Ikran unconsciously shared the memory of their riders, but also certain desires hidden at the bottom of them, Neytiri had only one aspiration, to find a man good and to found a family in the secular tradition of the clan. Jake as for him, child, had not really had a family with the clean direction of the term, his/her military father, always absent… it wished to be able to found one of them. Ikran had perceived their mutual feelings and their desires children. They shared their joys and perhaps even their desires. Jake embraced Neytiri lengthily, and jumped on its Ikran. At the time of its rare moments when it could slacken. It let it fly to its liking, playing with the winds and the currents. Ikran flew in circle and gained altitude. Never Jake was assembled so high, it even started to be cold. The ikran stopped its convolutions and moved towards a rock plate, the flight was not stable, which worried a little Jake, it perceived this concern and launched a small cry which wanted to be reassuring.
Ikran de Jake ends up being posed on a rock plate, the sight was simply splendid, the jungle was spread out as far as the eye can see, the colors of spring punctuated the jungle of multicoloured spots. It looked around him and it saw it this immense tree that Torouk had made him discover, exceeding all the trees of the jungle, majestic measuring almost way insolente all its congeneric.
Had Jake sat down on a rock, for which reason its Ikran taken along it here?
There remained sitted a long moment, looking at this tree, a large cloud was above, gently this one became deformed subjected to the wind, the cloud took human form, at least the face.
He recognized finally the face, which smiled to him. Behind of other faces took shape, of Omaticayas.
Suddenly, it included/understood, Torouk had not revealed its future, but another aspect of the future, that of somebody to him, expensive in his heart.
It was turned over, its Ikran, silently fixed it. The glance of this one did not have anything usual, it had an almost human glance. Jake approached. It felt like a presence, a person whom it believed to recognize.
- Eywa?
Ikran pushed a cry, and Jake did not see anything any more unusual in its glance. On this rock plate swept by the winds, a new page of history of Omaticayas started to be written. Jake took the way of the return, perplexed because of its discoveries and this quite curious experiment with its Ikran. The tree was not at several days of vol. But much readier. The life with the clan reorganized with the newcomers, they recovered their tests gently. Jake returned visit Mo' At. Too many questions without answers, too many signs which it could not interpret. He addressed himself to her, not as a mother-in-law, but for his role of shaman and especially his great knowledge of the signs of Eywa. She attentively listened to Jake to explain all to him that tormented its spirit. Mo' At was shown reassuring.
- You is still young Na' VI, it is normal that certain things escape to you, Eywa sometimes is not always shown very clear in its messages, therefore I am here. But it is time that I make you certain revelations, they belong to the secrecies of a clan that only Tsaick, the chief of the clan and very a small number of initiates know.
What I will say to you, you will have to never reveal it, it relates to your initiatory voyage, as all the Omaticaya chiefs did it before you.
Mo' At fixed Jake. She knew that all the words that she was going to pronounce would be full of consequences, although its confidence in Jake is inébranlable, she is afraid that influences these future choices.
She took a deep inspiration.
- Jack, you never moved away from the clan of more than one day of walk.
It was a blow of bludgeon for Jake.
- some share, I guided you towards a tree. The sap of this tree and its fruits contain a drug which Tsaick use in certain ritual approaching Eywa. For simple Na' VI, it is not always easy to perceive the messages of Eywa well. This "voyage" is especially spiritual. A future chief must pass by this ritual, one needed that you would be alone, vis-a-vis your doubts and your questions and especially only vis-a-vis Eywa. With this drug, you have the spirit more opened to hear it and see the signs that it sends to you. You will not be able to always interpret them in a clear way, but with what she wants to render comprehensible you and if you listenings the voice of your heart, you will arrive there. Never it will bring a clear answer to you and specifies, but it will help you to find it. What you saw, it is what you wished for your clan, it simply showed you that was possible. It showed you things which will be able to perhaps help you to answer it. And never one would not leave a chief of clan alone in forest during so a long time. Does she say while smiling? But you remained nevertheless several unconscious days. And under good guard.
Jake did not include/understand all, it however had well the feet in blood on its return, deeply notched.
- This drug for another purpose, it prevents from feeling the pain, it is very much used by the expert of the clan when a hunter is wounded. The way that you took to return master key by a place which is covered with very sharp stones, you had to wound you here.
The tepidity of spring started to yield the step to the hot summer dayss of the summer, the clan lived with the idle, preferring the shade of the trees to the air rides, cooking the skin.
Their son grew very quickly, always surrounded of the maternal care of Neytiri. The growth and the mode of education of Na' screw are single and do not find themselves on any inhabited planet. A few days after its birth, it is connected to his mother by her Kxetse and that until which it is in age to go, it learns from the kind the bases of its education, that supports also the intellectual development. It is not rare that a child na' VI at the 18 months age already usually speaks, it is as at this time as often the second child arrives. As of 2 years, education becomes Community. There, he learns the life and the rules of the clan, around 12 years, the father takes the relai and starts to teach the art of hunting to him. As from 14 years, it begins its initiation which will last two years and which will end in the capture of its Ikran. At this time, it becomes with the eyes of the clan a man and has the right to take a wife, thing which seldom arrives before it reached 20 years.
For the girls, the mode of education is strictly identical. The long estival evenings made it possible to take the meals in the open air.
After the meal Jake and Neytiri are reflected a little with the variation, looking at the clan living his life peacefully, even those of the clan of the large rock found a little the smile. Norman discussed with everyone, Tzé' Tey checked the bandages of the casualties. Mo' At, very surrounded, chattered quietly. Beautiful and big family, the baby slept, repus of his tétée last, moment that never missed Jake, it was their rare moment of intimacy.
The shades were stretched, the first luminescent flowers strewed the neighborhoods with gleams green and blue, the hottest colors were revealed with the night.
Jake did not want to lie down the tepidity of the evening encouraged it more with one night walk. He proposed with a hunter of the clan to accompany it, this one agreed delighted to accompany the chief by the clan, they left to go a little in the forest unscrewing on the favorite subject of any Na' VI, hunting. They went a long moment without precise goal. But at the end of one moment, some things said to him to take a precise way, it made the remark with his/her companion of walk which also felt this curious impression to him. It started to think while smiling - a Mo blow' At. It was not Mo' At which guided them, but something of much more extremely, it looked at the hunter, its face expressed a certain surprise, even him felt to guide.
- Eywa guides us. Say the hunter to low voice.

The place seemed to him familiar, with the turning of a thicket, the surprise was so strong for them that they fell to knee. r. The tree of the prayers was, more majestic there than ever. It was with the foot of this tree that it for the first time had been linked with Neytiri. Shaved then by the bulldozers of Parker.
It had pushed back also large and as extremely as in its memories. Nobody had returned in this place to profane months since.
They were connected. Many prayers could not be known as directly in this way. Jake made only one prayer for him, very short, then another for all the clans na' VI and especially for the survivors of the clan of the large rock.
Of return to the tree-house, they awoke the clan, everyone amusing of this news. With the right in the middle of the night, Omaticayas by small groups found this place which was lacking so much to them.
He wanted to announce the news with Neytiri, but this one slept, the baby in the arms, connected to their son, he sucked his inch gently. He did not dare to awake them. Since the birth, to it, that it could not be connected any more missed it much, monopolized by the child, but he accepted this small sacrifice. This table gave him hot in the middle. It lengthened beside it, rocked by the noises the forest and suction the baby. It would give to tomorrow this good news.

The summer arrived at its paroxysm, choking heat and the air saturated with moisture made any effort impossible, Omaticayas in the shade of the large trees took the expenses.
Norman was under a tree, surrounded by forty hunters, everyone discussed thing and others, bursts of laughter fused, it was really with its ease in the middle of all this world.
Mo' At and Neytiri left it its thoughts, Neytiri tightened to him a gourd of fresh water aromatized with pulps of some fruits.
Jake remained quiet, a little serious face, they asked for the reason of its concern to him. Question which Jake would have liked not to answer, but early or late…
- Norman will leave us - He said it to you? Ask Mo' At surprised.
- Not I know it, Eywa announces it to me.
Jake seldom spoke about the visions that Eywa sent to him. But Mo revelations' At and the many signs which it had perceived for several weeks. It went obviously. The presence of Eywa was done increasingly tangible in its spirit. For him, there was no more no doubt, this tree was not for him and its clan, but for Norman.
It was its face which had appeared in the sky, carved in a cloud by the wind. The whole was of knowing when that would occur. Jake went to see it, it was time for Jake to put Norman vis-a-vis its future. He hoped to be mistaken, but he knew at the bottom of itself that this tree was to seal with the destiny of Norman

- tomorrow, at dawn, a voyage awaits us.
Desired Norman speech, but of a gesture, Jake made him understand that there was nothing to add, never it in front of him, had not made use of its authority. The reason of this voyage was to be important with the eyes of Jake.
The dawn, it awaited Norman on the headlands of Ikran, they were greeted.
- where do we go? ask Norman - am me. Jake answered laconically.
They flew away towards the East.
During all the voyage, Jake remained quiet, Norman saw the face Jake well to post a great concern, they flew over landscapes that Normam had never seen. At the end of a long moment, the summit of the tree appeared. They were posed with its foot, Norman could not contain an admiring whistle by contemplating it. Jake took along Mornan in the tree trunk, it was so large that it could contain the clan twice. Norman scanned the least recesses of the trunk, it explored the neighborhoods. It lengthened in grass and contemplated its height.
Jake sat down beside him, always the closed face - this tree could contain all the clan. Declare Norman.
- not, your future clan. Say Jake gently

Norman burst of laughing.
- Jake, is serious, I do not intend to take your place nor to even leave the clan.

- Norman, my friend, I know that well, but I am persuaded that' Eywa has projects for you.
Jake told him all the events passed, omitting some details entrusted by Mo' At. Norman remained perplexed vis-a-vis the explanations of Jake, but it could hardly question them. It had included/understood him also that under certain aspects, of the things occurred without it being able to be explained it. Their first contacts in the center had produced various emotions. Norman had been a little jealous of the reception which had made Omaticayas with Jake. Thereafter, between them had been born a very strong friendship and a deep mutual respect.
They took the way of the return. Jake was slackened more. They were accommodated on their return by Neytiri and Tzé' Tey.
Jake kindly requested to him to deal with their son, it wished only to be found with Neytiri with the foot of the tree of the prayers and to join again with her this magic moment where them feeling one for the other appeared.
The agitation was very intense. She united with the tree and requested lengthily, Jake only left it, sitted behind her. When it had finished, it went to find Jake. They were connected, very intense moment of emotion always, and remained a very a long time moment thus, letting circulate their emotions in silence. They enjoyed this moment to privilege where any word was superfluous. They did not circulate any more but between them, their floods of reciprocal feelings. They remained all the night in this place, being repaissant of this moment of calm.
From return to the village, a troop of hunters benefitted from morning freshness for a hunting. Game had been announced not far from there, the group was led by Norman. Jake and Neytiri greeted the troop ready at the beginning.
It was of short duration, Norman was allocated to the clan little time after related to a stretcher. It made a bad fall and had been struck. Somebody informed Tzé' Tey and the therapeutist of the clan, they arrived quickly, it showed a great coolness, it examined Norman under the glance of its mentor. He was just unconscious, but had an unpleasant wound with the back of cranium. They installed it with the shelter under a hood of sheet, Tzé' Tey passed to him from fresh water on the face. The expert brought a small terra cotta pot. With the sight of this one, all the people present moved back, except Jake. Fatal error for him, because the odor which rependit was quite simply unbearable, it burned the nostrils to him and started tops of heart to him.
Norman awoke in start, in extreme cases of régurgiter so much the odor was wretched and unbreathable.
- urine of Nantang (wolf-viper) mixed with bays. Say by smiling the expert.
In front of the head of Norman, they could not be prevented from laughing, although the moment was not very suitable.
- Rests, thus benefits from this day with Tzé' Tey, in more its belly swells. Jake ordered while smiling. Order that Norman accepted without discussing.
I know. Known as Norman, by massing the back of cranium, even as my daughter and your sons…
Norman released a swearword in Na' VI which I do not prefer to translate, an immense stupor was read in its eyes.
- it is necessary that I speak with Mo' At, immediately.
It rose, still a little thoughtless, and went staggering to see it. There remained a long moment to speak, Mo' At listened to it the very attentive face. Nobody would have allowed himself to listen to what he said

Norman found Jake. Obviously it was very shaken by its fall and especially by its discussion with Mo' At. There sat down close to Jake, beside the remainders of the ancestor of Torouk, he remained quiet a long moment, Jake respected its silence understanding that the subject which wanted to approach was important. It fixed a point at far, the eyes in vagueness.
- You were right Jake, now I know it, Eywa spoke to me, finally I think it. While I was unconscious, I believed to make a dream, a voice said to me what it was going to occur soon. A hot and pleasant voice, I saw just a great white light, I even believed that I had died and that it accommodated me. I saw myself with the foot of the tree. I saw things which will occur that in years.
Mo' At approached.
it is not the shock which showed to you that, but well Eywa.
They remained one quiet moment. Jake broke silence.
- That is the will of Eywa or that of Norman, I semi will not oppose. If it is the destiny which chose you Eywa, I can only help you to carry it out

The summer was already quite advanced, his/her son grew quickly. The life ran out agreeably at the rate/rhythm of huntings and the festivities.
The absence of Trudy badly did not raise an interrogation within the clan and especially near a young hunter which had been caught of affection for it. Jake reassured it. It had been able to contact it by radio and could announce its return to the clan very soon, even if it had not been born nor become Omaticaya. It had its place in the clan.
The inhabitants of the center had decided to take a name of clan, a technician had proposed the name of the blue tree owing to the fact that a beautiful tree beside the mine had a foliage of this color. The small delegation "of the clan of the blue tree arrived with the presence of course of Trudy. Recent discovered scientists now allowed them to live on Pandora without filter mask.
Jake, defendant of their visits awaited them, the clan behind him. The small group, preceded by Trudy greeted Omaticayas by a short reverence. The members of the clan of the blue tree looked at themselves, and in the same gesture, they removed their masks under the frightened glance of Jake and Omaticayas, solidified by stupor.
Trudy burst of laughing. Always equal to itself and with its outspokenness.

- my poor, you would see the head which you make. Satisfied with their small effects, they explained with words chosen for Omaticayas this small "miracle"
The explanation was stripped of jargon scientific and associated with the gift of nature, that persuaded Omaticayas. This discovery came from a very thorough analysis of blood practiced on Na' VI.
The fact that they can live as of Na' screw was only for them the will of Eywa. For the first time, they could take part officially in the Community meal of the evening.
Atanzeko was Omaticaya nearest to Trudy, it belonged to the hunters which had found it in the jungle. When he discovered the body extended to the side of Ikran de Jake, he had prepared an arrow, but he noted that mounting protected it, he had the spread wings and pushed great cries. Ikran protects its rider in the event of accident, but not an unknown. Raising its arc, Ikran flew away. The hunter approached the body, it carried on the face the colors of those which had taken part in the combat. It decided to bring back it for the clan. Since, they became friendly, and with the wire of time a great complicity had been established between them. Atanzeko taught him the language and the habits from the clan.
It was happy, it could touch the face of Trudy without fear to remove to him its mask, conscious of its force, it delicately held it in its arms, its face stuck to it. Closest looked at them amusing to see this frail woman in the arms of so large Na' VI.
At the end of the meal, it moved towards Jake and Mo' At, then greeted them respectfully.
I would like to speak.
Jake made him a smile and indicated hand the assembly, which meant to him that it was authorized with speaking in front of the clan. It was put at the center. Omaticayas made silence, it was rather rare that a guest speaks in a meal, except if what it was going to say was very important. It started by thanking the clan for the meal, and the reception which was made to him, confidence that Omaticayas had granted to him by letting it deal with their children. Words very appreciated by the clan, even if its control of language were not very sure yet the clan appreciated this effort.
It turned over in front of Jake and Mo' At. It put its hand on its heart and was inclined.

- with your permission, I will want to marry Atanzeko, if he wants it well.
A murmur of surprise traversed the clan of Omaticayas. That went against the habits na' VI, it was always the man who made his request, but very often to push by their been engaged.
Jake semi-surprised, semi, astonished looks at Trudy, even if it were tempted to reach its request, which appears rather not very common, Mo' At, with its glance did not divide this opinion. It rose, and invited Mo' At to follow it, leaving Trudy only and a little anxious.
- Mo' At, I see well that you do not approve this request, and I include/understand it, that goes well beyond your principles. But before you make a decision, I will want to say this to you, Trudy helped us much, it took the defense of the clan and risked his life on several occasions for us. She lives with us since months, Atanzeko never leaves it, he taught him our language, our habits, and the clan of the blue tree does all that is possible so that we live all in peace. They always were there when we needed them. For a long time, they make the way towards us, it is perhaps time for us to go towards them.
Mo' At reflected, its face slackened somewhat.
It approached Trudy and the hand posed to him on the shoulder. - Jake is favorable to this union, and he convinced me. But I cannot make this decision without consulting Eywa nor the old ones, I will do it this night and you will have the answer to the rising of the sun. Atanzeko, if you are of agreement for this union, brings Trudy to the tree of the prayers and request together. Perhaps that Eywa will hear you.
Mo' At spent the night to the foot of the tree of the hearts, listening to the voices, reciting incantations, scanning the runes. In the small hour, it had the answer of Eywa. However, she wanted all the same to consult the senior and the senior of the clan. Their answers were very clear.
- Listening your heart and does not look at it only with your eyes.
In the small hour, in company of Neytiri and Jake, they went at Trudy and Atanzeko.
In front of the Mo smile' At, Trudy let burst its joy.
Trudy, known as Mo' At, nothing is opposed to your union, but it is necessary that you know that Eywa does not wish that you carry a child, it estimates that a new race could bring serious consequences for the balance of Pandora.
- I include/understand Mo' At, but some share we have already a child that Atanzeko and me elevons, it is an orphan of the clan of the large rock, and that is enough for us. Neytiri approached

- as you do not have a Omaticaya family to represent itself with your marriage, I would adopt you and you will become my sister, like that, I will represent your family. Mo' At approved this jumped to the neck of Neytiri and rependit in thanks. The marriage was fixed at the first day of the autumn. It will initially be made in a ritual way with the foot of the tree of the hearts, and then more festive, in the center. Festivities preceded by a civil wedding symbolic system, first marriage of the clan of the blue tree.
The revelations which Norman had received returned it badly at ease, endeavouring to remain close to Jake, it could not be extracted with all the hunters which claimed it with each departure for hunting, Jake did not hold rigor of it to him. The first days of the autumn arrived, the celebration of marriage of Trudy and Atanzeko was an great event, still improving the relations between Omaticayas and the center. Their visits thereafter were done more frequent, appreciating even the hospitality of the buildings, when they were too much far from the clan and that the night had fallen.
One evening, at the end of the meal, a member of the clan of the large rock asked to speak, Jake made him sign that it could speak. He started by thanking the clan for their reception, of the generous offer to belong to the clan after their catastrophe. But for him and its congeneric, it was not their clan, even if they felt well with them, they were before all the members of the clan of the large rock, at least of what it remained about it. He explained whereas they had made the decision to leave towards another place and to try to reform their clan with his rites and his traditions. He continued on the fact that a clan required for a chief to guide them and that itself and all the members of its clan chose…
Norman.
The silence which followed from there seemed lasted of the hours. Jake looked at the man who had spoken in the name of his clan, it was not really surprised, it was done already with this idea since a long moment.
- when do you want to leave? Ask Jake - after the winter. Answer this one. It is not the good moment to leave, and you will need all the hunters available to nourish the clan during this difficult season.
Norman was ploughed up. Although it suspected something, it did not expect that this evening, at least not so early. It approached Jake - Jack, they never spoke to me about that before.
- my friend I know it well and also, it is to you the will of Eywa and Na' screw which is posted this evening, and I do not want to oppose to me to it.
Jake called the hunter of the clan of the large rock - Come tomorrow at dawn, we have all the three a long way to make.
At dawn, the trio flew away in direction of the tree, the hunter of the clan of the large rock looked at this new territory then unknown for him. The rising sun of autumn gave a hot color to the landscape, they arrived for the tree.
The hunter was impressed by this splendid tree, as well by its size as by its beauty. Jake and Norman let it only visit it.
The hunter returned to see them.
- why don't you lead your clan here?
- this tree, it is Eywa which showed it to me, I believed also who it was here that I was to take it along, but it of it was nothing. I understood later that this tree was intended for someone else. This tree if you want it, will become your house and this ground holds it, and Norman, if it accepts it, will become your chief. It is with him alone that returns the decision.
On the way of return, they flew over the clearing where Jake had made its second meeting with Torouk, it did not seem in its visions. The hunter made them sign that he wanted to go down, he was posed in the center of the clearing followed by Normam and of Jake, Ikran delighted by this pause made feast of bays and the surrounding fruits.
The hunter with sad mine, this place pointed out the place to him where its clan lived. It was put at knees and recited a prayer. Many words escaped Jake and Norman, but curiously certain terms resounded in their head, as if they wanted to be impregnated in their memory. This prayer resembled one song more.
- J' stays Tsaick of the clan, I addressed to a very former goddess of our clan so that it exauce a prayer, it concerns us all the three, give me an object to which you hold.
Without putting question, Norman gave a fine leather collar braided by Tzé' Tey and Jake, a small wick of hair of Neytiri. The hunter left a small leather purse a fragment of the monolith which was drawn up in the center of its clan. It gave the whole in the purse. It made a small hole in the ground, buried the purse while continuing its strange song. Its finished prayer it was rectified.
let us have we a habit, when friends must separate, they bury objects in a place, this goddess will give the responsability itself to make them return where they hid them.
The face of the hunter released a great sadness by evoking this memory of its clan. It also knew that all this risked of private Jake of his/her friend and the clan a very good hunter. Jake approached him and its hand put to him on its shoulder.
- Norman before a whole very expensive friend, but it, which friend would I know have a destiny to achieve am if I prevented it? It will be thus if it is, its destiny. But no matter what it can arrive, I am sure that your clan will reappear.
They took the way of the return.
The autumn arrived, of the pouring rain fell down, mud watered the tracks, it became difficult for the hunters to follow the movement of game, even the trackers more aguerris could not follow the tracks more. Most worrying was the fate of a group of three hunters, left in the large plains near the river, they had not returned for more than three days and the clan became anxious. The bad weather made any research impossible of the sky with Ikran, impossible to see far because of the thick water curtain which fell down permanently.
Trudy proposed its assistance, it remained large helicopters of transport in the center, they were equipped with enough powerful systems of research sophisticated to locate men on the ground even with these beating rains.
Jake and Trudy went to back of Equidius to the center. Five helicopters still seemed in state. Although Trudy did not control for a long time, the old reflexes returned quickly. It checked the general state of the apparatus and made a little the grimace, it had the air in sorry state. Before starting it, it connected it to an auxiliary group of starting and set in motion the procedure of startup. The turbine emitted its first whistle since several months. It pétarada and started to emit a thick black smoke and some sparks. Trudy actuated the extinguishers of edge and left a jump - That one, it is cooked, I test the other, it is with fuel court, but the tanks of the principal track are full, I would fill the tank if it starts.
The turbine started to turn. A serious sound invaded the hangar which was transformed into a deafening whistle, the blades of the rotor turned more and more quickly. Trudy raised the inch with a great smile, it launched the second engine successfully. Trudy put the power control on the position of takeoff and gently, the machine rose a few centimetres. It made it progress prudently to the door of the hangar, then rose for a short flight above centers it to land on the surface of supply, it beckoned with Jake to join it.
- It is OK. I fill the tank and one leaves to their research, with the weather, one can hold six hours in vol. Heureusement they were not in a mountainous region. The lack of visibility and the reliefs would have made this forwarding impossible. Jake settled with the back while a man took seat beside Trudy.
- It is Carlos, my former copilot, he knows better than me to make use of the systems of location.
Takeoff was sharp, the helicopter reached its maximum speed. The flight terrible, was shaken by gusts and the beating rain, one needed all the know-how of Trudy to overcome the machine, to abuse by the airstreams. The tended features, it carried out a savage fight with the orders to keep the apparatus in flight and not to be crushed.
They arrived for river, Trudy was in sweat in spite of the cold, the teeth to tighten and the face to contract, one read the concentration on his face. It reduced speed, Carlos scanned the various screens, in the intercom he communicated a series of figures with Trudy.
- Jake, Carlos has something on the thermal detectors, it is weak, but one will be quickly fixed.
It changed course and reduced the machine, the visibility was even worse because of the rain, it still reduced speed.
Carlos shelled another continuation of figures with Trudy, Jake understood that he spoke about a course and a distance. The voice of Carlos was done more nervous, almost excited. Carlos typed on the pane of separation and showed in Jake a red and yellow point on the screen.
- They are there. Say Carlos with a smile, Trudy could not prevent oneself from launching a cry of joy, one of the hunters was not other than the brother of Atanzeko.
The landing was perilous, but the know-how and the power of the machine made wonder. By radio, she prevented the center of their successes, the message was relayed immediately with the clan.
One of the hunters had been seriously wounded while slipping into mud. They had sheltered in a cave while waiting for that the storm passes, it was with the favor of their fire that they could be found.
The hunter with a deep wound with the thigh, Trudy used the case of help of the helicopter, it will be necessary to suture the wound. In spite of the sedative that it had given him, the pain was still very sharp, it held good. She was not accustomed to do that and missed disappearing on several occasions. The days of the hunter were not in danger, but it needed better adapted care. The storm made rage, Trudy preferred to wait until the weather is calmed a little, to try a takeoff would be too dangerous. In end-of-day, the storm was always also sharp, the cave fortunately lavished a very good shelter, they had vivres and water, they settled for the night.
Jake did not manage to sleep. With far, a small pack of wolf-viper gathered, it took its arc, its gesture was stopped by one of the hunters.
- They will not make us any evil, they seek just a place for the night, looks at. The hunter sat down beside Jake, gently the animals approached, passing to a few meters them, they gathered in a place of the vast cave blottissant the ones against the others.
- We like them, are lost in the middle of nowhere.
Jake remained a long moment to observe these animals, completely indifferent to their presence, the small day, the animals were not there.
Time had become more lenient, the wind calmed its heats, of large clouds masked light of day, the storm could begin again from one moment to another.
Trudy started the helicopter and immediately after takeoff the center by radio called, the hunter with an high fever, she asked that the clan be warned and asked where he was to be neat. During the flight, they learned that Omaticayas wished that the hunter be neat in the center, which was a first.
They deposited it in the center, and took again the way of the clan with back of Equidius. The helicopter had not badly suffered from the storm.
The prowesses which Trudy Carlos had achieved had been already told with the clan. They were accommodated like heroes, were thanked thousand times by the women for the hunters and especially by her very happy husband to re-examine his brother.
Members of the clan asked Jake and Mo' At to accommodate Trudy within the clan like Omaticaya. They accepted without discussing. With this last act, it had more than to deserve to belong to the clan and to be received like one as of theirs.
The following day, in the evening, Jake and Mo' At came to seek Trudy, it was surprised by the solemn aspect which this visit took on. They led it towards a place a little to the variation, Omaticaya women stripped it, Jake was turned moderately, which started some small amused laughter. Neytiri and Tzé' Tey arrived, carrying each one a filled up bowl of white dyeing, they drew on the face and the body of Trudy the tribal signs specific to the clan of Omaticayas. Then it was equipped in the pure tradition na' VI, a loincloth and a collar to braid which covered the chest little. Trudy, a little badly at ease, but it made against misfortune, good heart. She suspected that would not be only one simple ceremony.
Preceded by Jake, Neytiri and Tzé' Tey closed walk. It was led to the foot of the tree of the hearts where all the clan awaited it thus that her husband and their adoptive son. Mo' In great behavior, was in the center of Omaticayas.
Jake placed beside Mo' At and made a sign of head and it spoke - Trudy, you faced angers of the sky to carry help to mislaid hunters, you looked after best than you could one of them. You rendered great services to all the clan, and for this reason, at the request of Omaticayas and from our chief, you are received within the clan. Now, in front of Eywa, our chief and the clan, you become child of Na' screw and girl of Omaticayas.
Mo' At posed its hand on its heart and greeted Trudy, it returned its safety to him. Gently while smiling, it posed its hands on the shoulders of Trudy. Gesture joined by Jake and all the members of clan, making the circle around it.
Trudy did not succeed in any more containing its emotion and melted in tear.
Later during the festivities she addressed herself to Jake.
- but I never had least initiation.
- you would not survive it. Declare Jake in a great burst of laughter.

Jake spent much time to observe and listen to the members of the clan of the large rock. He wanted to include/understand what they pushed them from to go away, and for what they wanted Norman as chief. He ended up finding the answers, they were however very simple, a simple matter of culture. The clan of the large rock always lived in the plains, they are runners untiring, able to traverse long distances, they follow game and watches for the convenient period to strike. Rare are those which overlap of Ikran or Equidius, affectionate Norman this kind of hunting.
Omaticayas on the other hand track game in forest, pass much time to follow the tracks, to approach it in silence. They use of patience and use also Ikran for hunting in mountain, faster, but also very delicate. One needs a very great confidence in its mounting and a control except par of the arc so that this hunting is effective. Method more appreciated by Jake and the clan.
Jake decided to even announce these observation with Norman the evening. He explained the result of his remarks to him. The clan of the large rock had quite simply turned to him, because they had same affinities for hunting. A quite human behavior.
Jake checked nevertheless near a hunter of the large rock, this one did nothing but assure him its theory. Never they had called in Jake question as chief and the respect reiterated to him which its clan carried to him.
Norman and Tzé' Tey discussed a good part of the night on the last last episodes. The clan of the large rock and their wish to have it as chief at their head. It felt the deep torment that Norman endured when they were connected.
In any event though it occurs, it would follow it, it was it which had chosen it, the destiny and Eywa had wanted it thus.
It also knew by a prophecy which went back to its childhood, this prediction said that the man that it would marry would have a great destiny, this predicts was checked. She affirmed to him that she was ready to follow it.
She wished only one thing, it was that their child is born on the ground from Omaticayas. It was the last thing which could have dissuaded it to leave, the refusal of Tzé' Tey to leave the clan. He would never have left without her.
Norman was going soon to announce its departure. This day, Norman only passed it, reflective so that it will say to the clan this evening.
The meal finished, Norman and Tzé' Tey rose, they were inclined in front of Jake. Norman required the word, accepted at once by Jake, suspecting what Norman will say.
Norman was placed in the center of Omaticayas, it looked at them all. It knew that its words were likely to affect them. It took a great inspiration.
- Omaticayas, my brothers, my sisters, which I must say to you this evening does me much sorrow. More than one year ago now that you accommodated me, opening your heart to me, you taught me your art of hunting, the habits of the clan. For that, I am really grateful to you.
But I must announce my next departure to you, I do not leave the clan definitively, but my absence will last of long months.
I decided to follow the clan of the large rock towards their new ground, but I must say to them that I do not wish to become their chief, my heart before all is Omaticaya. I agree to guide them time that they choose one of them as chief. My departure will not be done before our son is born on the grounds from Omaticaya, it is a wish of my wife and I join it for that. A member of the clan of the large rock rose and asked for the word.
- Norman, our clan thanks you for your frankness and also for the assistance which you agree to bring to us, it is true that if your heart is here, it is impossible for you to be our chief. That let us include/understand we it and Omaticayas can be proud to count in their row Na' VI like you. We will make so that your absence is shortest possible. It is true that for us you represented the desired chief, but we will respect your choice.
Jake spoke it is time maintaining to take care that your departure and your installation on this new ground occur the best possible one. I kindly request all the clan of Omaticayas of you to help you to make the objects which will be necessary for you.
The clan approved. Spontaneously, they brought small useful objects. Jake offered to Norman its hunting knife, it thanked it for a voice where one felt the emotion to gain it. Everyone was divided between the joy and sadness. The joy which a son of Omaticayas is a so great destiny and sadness to see one as of their leaving.
Jake took along Norman a little to the variation, Mo' At awaited them and says to him.
- Even if you do not become their chief, you are nevertheless in the position to be it, and you will have to make your initiatory voyage in the forest.
Norman did not expect that on behalf of Mo' At, but after all, this retirement in forest will make him the largest good and will help it to find a little interior peace. Its knowledge of the medium will help it to overcome this test, and the hunters which had accompanied it during its initiation had been very good professors. He did not worry to pass this test, Tzé' Tey was more anxious. Norman, at daybreak, took the way of the forest, follow-up at good distance by Jake and a hunter, man of the Mo shade' At, this hunter had all its confidence. It was initiated with the most secret rites of the clan.
Mo' At had prepared a good part of the night "to guide" Norman in a quite precise place of the forest. In this place, it will meet frightening insect, very important in the life of Omaticaya, even more if this one were intended for high positions, the kali' weya. It is a specific ritual to all future chief of clan, although in certain cases, it can be different, but with an identical result. This creature pricks it and to cause a kind of hypnosis the purpose of which is to open the spirit to him. It is then in a state close to died and that enables him to approach Eywa. Sometimes this helps to include/understand certain messages which he would perhaps not interpret in a conscious state. The presence of another warrior is useful, because this puncture in rare cases can show mortal. What surprised Jake, it is that the rite had been different for him, it spoke about this fact to the hunter.
- indeed, Mo' At had chosen for you another rite, older, but necessary for it, it was necessary that you remainders much longer unconscious. Mo' At was to prove in other Tsaick clans which you were worthy to be the chief of Omaticayas, with the assistance of Eywa. She excavated your spirit with deepest, your past was very heavy, those which come from the sky were hold. They wanted to be sour that one day you would not betray the clan. Even for it is a very difficult test, it always comes out from it very exhausted.
- But I must tell you a thing, even if you are the chief of the village, if you betrayed Mo' At or the clan, I kill you out of my own hands, the message does not come from Mo' At, but well of me. The hunter burst of laughing in front of the anxious face of Jake.
- T `does not worry my brother, if Mo' At had had the slightest doubt, you would have already died for a long time.
This last sentence reassured Jake, it knew how a traitor died. Its divided Kxetse, the very painful anguish could lasted of the days. They had followed Norman for already several hours, untiring walker, it progressed in the forest to good step. The hunter started to be anxious, Norman was going to leave the place where the insects live. The chance was with them, Norman stopped to gather bays in a bush. It withdrew its hand highly by pushing a swearword and looked at its hand endolorie.
- that do not be long affirmed the hunter.
Indeed, the step of Norman quickly became swaying like a drunk man, it ends up collapsing. Jake wanted to leave their hiding-places, the hunter prevented some - Wait, looks at, it tries to be raised.
Jake was anxious for his/her friend, but the calm one of the hunter reassured it. At the end of a few minutes, they left their hiding-place finally, it covered it with a thick fabric and its bag under its head put to him.
it is necessary to wait now.
The hunter supervised Norman permanently, checking the beats of its heart regularly, it essuyait the face in sweat to him, it was traversed small spasms which worried Jake, fortunately the hunter remained trustful.
it first hour is most dangerous for him, after venom is dissipated, it only remains what enables him to remain deadened and to open its spirit.
Norman was less agitated, the hunter, raised one of these eyelids.
- It is with Eywa, all is well, it will sleep at least two days.

Norman had sat on a rock, lost in an immense plain, a heat sun shone, but an icy wind traversed the immense steppe. In front of him Na' VI appeared, then another and soon of tens, all vêtus in the same way, only the faces were different, Norman included/understood that this they was former chiefs of Cl year.
One of them required of him to present and explain its presence in this place. What it did.
Its finished presentation, the chief evaporated in a small white vapor cloud, another chief asked him the same questions, and so on, all disappearing with each time Norman told its history. It did not remain any more that only one chief, it did not have evil to recognize it, it was Jake. It beckoned to him to follow it, Norman rose and in one moment, they were found in the room of connection of the center. There, he sees himself entering the box, the once closed again lid, a slightly luminous white form appeared, he distinguished hardly a face in this form. It was motionless beside the machine, the monitor which monitored the vital functions of the pilot started to panic, the white form surrounded the box while the alarm signal resounded, the cardiac signal had become flat. The box opened automatically, the form fixed Norman. He recognized the face of Grace then she disappeared suddenly.
Jake invited Norman to follow it. Once again, they were with the foot of the tree of the hearts. In its dream, he saw himself with knee, a kind of white cloud left ground, he went up towards his Kxetse, the filaments captured them as when he connected himself to his Ikran, the cloud disappeared in pink fibers.
Norman opened the eyes into large and started to shout.
- Grace saved me!
It closed again them at once.
This sentence surprised them, especially Jake which still had in memory what had said Mo' At when the attempt to make pass the spirit of Grace in its misadventure had failed. He remembered the Mo words' At, "She is with Eywa now" For him it was a way of saying that she had not survived her wounds, but does that of it could conceal well another truth, its body had perhaps died, but its spirit could have joined Eywa well. Certainly that Mo' At would light it on top.
Norman started to show signs of alarm clock, it was time to let it only finish its voyage. He slept almost 2 days and half. He spent two more other days in the forest, always followed by Jake and the hunter. The moment had just turned over to the clan, preferably before Norman.
Norman was accommodated as it should be, on the one hand by Omaticayas, but as by the members of clan of the large rock, they still hoped for some share as Norman would agree to become their chief. But before he will want to rest and pass a little time with his wife.
As Norman did not have the destiny to be a chief of Omaticayas. It does not have the obligation to tell its voyage and its visions in Omaticyas. But this vision of Grace intervening the day of its death perhaps revealed to him why it could survive in the body of its misadventure, and this should certainly interest Mo' At and Jake.
What surprised more Mo' At, it was that Norman recognized the face of Grace. When Eywa appeared, it took only very seldom the face of somebody of close relation. It more frequently appeared under that of an animal, for it was very clear, Grâce had joined Eywa well and had surely still something to make in the world of Na' screw.
The winter was announced less hard than the previous year. In the kelutral (the tree-house), everyone was activated to help the clan of the large rock to his starting preparations, good number of small usual objects were manufactured by all. Hunting, although moderate, nourished sufficiently all the clan. Even Ikran still managed to find their foods.
Norman spent much time with Tsu' Tey, very tired by its pregnancy. It was to frequently rest, but it continued to help the expert of the clan to train another disciple to succeed to him. This disciple was Trudy, she had officially asked it Jake and Mo' At. For it, considering it is girl of Omaticayas, it was to take an active share in the clan. What was very appreciated by the clan, very popular Trudy being and perhaps smallest of Na' screw of Pandora. It of had become some kind the mascot of the clan.
The birth of the girl of Tsu' Tey fell the night which preceded the first day by spring. With the gleams of the torches and under the glance of Neytiri, Mo' At and Trudy, and there under benevolence of the clan. Tzé' Tey and Norman had already chosen a name to him, Aw' aungia, which out of Na' VI meant "one predicts" can be that its birth the day of spring was a good predicts. Norman deferred the day of their departure. He preferred to leave time to Tzé' Tey to take again forces. The way towards new the tree-house was rather long, Trudy had proposed its assistance with its helicopter, politely refused by Norman, preferring to make the voyage in a traditional way and to preserve a certain character at this departure.
All the clan started to gather Equidius. Neytiri took along a hunter of the clan of the large rock as a passenger, the latter was reassured little, it was its first inverted flight of Ikran. They made the voyage in order to recognize the ground and find the best way to go to new the kelutral. This way passed obligatorily by this immense clearing where a hunter had made the wish which the clans find at this place. The preparations advanced. Some members of Omaticayas had proposed to accompany those by the large rock for the voyage it was a troop of more than sixty people who prepared with this long tour.
Jake, maintained lengthily with Norman, it gave him some councils on the statute of chief, its military past enabled him to organize a little the clan and made him benefit from its experiment. Like Norman, more than one year before, had taught the language and the habits na' screw to him. Mo' At proposed also an indirect help to him by introducing its right-hand man to him, not speaking to him about the part which he had played without his knowledge. The clan of the large rock not having more Tsaick, Norman accepted it, it also proposed to also initiate one as of theirs with this function.
The departure day before, a great meal was organized, even if it were merry, Jake had evil to smile. The heart was not there, it knew that Norman and Tsu' Tey did not leave definitively, but their departures will leave a great vacuum nevertheless.
In the small hour, everyone was gathered, Omaticayas formed on both sides way a hedge, in the medium the clan of the large rock and those of the clan which accompanied them. Norman was vis-a-vis Jake, Mo' At and Neytiri, they greeted them the hand on the heart, it had envisaged to say something to them, but no sound managed to leave its mouth. Jake lengthily took it in its arms, Neytiri was turned over discreetly, of the tears to the eyes. Mo' At tried to remain impassive, but its face was betrayed by the emotion which submerged it. She regarded Norman and Jake a little as her sons. With far Trudy and At' Zenko attended the scene.
It is some times where silences are more evocative than great sentences, Norman was moved back and last once greeted them. It went up the file of Na' screw. Arrived at the head, it gave the order of the departure, the point of its arc, it showed the way.
Jake looked at the long line moving away, it tried of all its forces to contain its tears Mo' At posed the hand to him on the shoulder.
you are perhaps the chief of Omaticayas, you are before a whole Na' VI, and Na' VI has the right to express its sorrow It looks at Mo' At, two tears run also its cheeks.
This evening, Jake only went to the clan of the blue tree, it went down in one from the basements. In this part with the white walls, two steel caissons connected to apparatuses. One made hardly two meters length, the other much larger. It was in its boxes of hibernation that rested Grâce and its misadventure. People had not been able to be solved with their faires funeral. Since its "death", Jake had never returned in this place, and for some time the face of Grace often returned to him in its dreams, as if she wanted to tell him some things. It posed the hand on the box and started to pronounce the prayer for the dead. Jake applied recited this prayer as ever it had not done it with by front, curiously, although it is alone, it felt a presence behind him, it was turned over, Grâce was, in front of him, any smile, at least its appearance looked at it.
- I am always there, jack and I would be always with you are side.
For the first time of the day, Jake smiled.

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