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Show 103 7 Chua could feel himself becoming a man. He knew he would not be initiated during a Wuwuchim ceremony, but he still felt himself changing. He looked at his hands. He was becoming like his father, and that was a good feeling. CHAPTER 23 They sat on the edge of a red cliff, watching the sun sink into the earth. Soon the giant ball was gone, leaving only a glow of light. Chua thought about Pavati. Of all the Bear Clan, she was kind to him first. But she loved everyone. Chua didn't care if she loved others. She thought he was good, and that was all that mattered. "Pavati seemed very worried about you being in the desert by yourself," Chua said. "I think she is," Toho said. "She has always worried. She lost a child when my father was young." "What happened?" Chua asked. "The sister of my father wandered away and was lost in the desert," Toho said. "She was only three summers old, and was never found." "How sad," Chua said. "They think she was carried off by a wild animal because all they found was part i of her to^r^rfle^n^n clothing, and it was bloody." rfl v "Yw-' "I'm sure Jjarbeei TO/" m it Jiasheen difficult for Pavati to have her child go back to the world of spirits that way," Chua said. |