The teachings of the tribe IV

The priestess looked quite annoyed and seemed to not believe much in Quinn's version. She just stared into his eyes, waiting for him to back off and tell the truth. I felt quite anguished, I did not know what the punishment was for manipulating fire, and every minute that passed I felt more guilty for allowing my brother to find himself in that kind of situation.

When I thought about accepting my guilt, the priestess smiled. But it wasn't a good smile, it was icy and I felt a bit of malice in it. I thought that I could not let the situation continue this course and that no matter what, the punishment could not be something that I, an adult, could not bear so I plucked up my courage and decided to stand in front of my brother.

-Wow, being so young, are you capable of making a bonfire? Definitely, the goddess must give you many blessings.- Said one of the priestess's assistants.

It seemed that she was the second in command, although she did not have many of the accessories that the priestess had, she looked much more dignified and friendly. At first glance, I liked it much more.

When she spoke, all the tension decreased a lot and the children seemed to have heard the secret key, as they smiled and began to praise me. They all looked quite happy and it seemed that the pressure towards the priestess diminished considerably. Well, there was a boy who did not look very happy and that was Avon, who looked at me with disgust and seemed angry about the situation.

However, the problem did not continue, and all the children sat around the campfire and waited for the priestess to speak. At this moment I began to look at the children around me, except for me, all the girls seemed older than 10 years and they were very few compared to the boys. Likewise, I also noticed the children seemed to be sitting in small groups where they all looked alike to each other and it was seen that they were siblings and there were pairs of twins in the groups.

This made me consider the fact that the women here had multiple births, where they had twins and twins. Although, in the older age groups there were fewer children. Which could mean two things, either birth is increasing, or many children are not coming of age. For some reason I consider it to be the second option.