Bug Catcher

Sevir stood at one end of the room, looking around. The chaos of everyone speaking at once in the past two days wasn’t as loud as now. From the very back of the room, he could hear all the way to the door where Master Xaun had just entered.

The man’s wide sleeves and fluttering cloak had swept around graciously with every movement. Much like RuIng, there were no lines on his face, except a few crow's feet from laughing and smiling too much. He was laughing boisterously between a group of woman who surrounded him with giggles. All they were talking about was some gossip..

To one side of the room were Toru people. The group was larger than what usually followed Princess Kamiko sometimes. They were of all ages, some even of higher ranks, looking around with suspicious eyes now and then, casting angry looks in Bailong’s direction, who himself was surrounded by white and brown-robed disciples of higher ranks.

Both groups were talking about last night.