Excerpt - Kumasagi, Part 1: Destin
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Without a thought, Jayan jumped over the wall and ran into the orchard. Najat’s slow, contemplative steps followed a path in the opposite direction. “Ai, Najat!” Jayan yelled, but then he caught sight of the Mahasagi off to one side, flanked by Dechen and Rajung. Even at that distance Jayan could see the hint of alarm on their faces as they tracked his sudden appearance. Rajung moved immediately, starting toward him through the trees.
Jayan did not stop, but his sprint skidded down to a hesitant jog when he looked back at his brother. Najat had turned to stare at him. An inexplicable, scale-raising shiver of awe tripped Jayan down further to a walk. Najat stood wrapped and draped in the pale blue robes of a renunciate. It was not normal dress for the Kumasagi—he only wore the robes during sessions of intense mental and spiritual training. Jayan swallowed hard, acutely reminded that his younger brother was an old mystic, older than even their present lifetime.
He continued forward, ignoring Rajung’s footsteps and braving Najat’s cold posture. But then Najat moved a hand to shade the sun from his eyes, and suddenly his blank expression transformed to surprised recognition. Jayan broke into a run again as Najat’s trembling hands reached toward him.
“Jay-la!” Najat’s voice trembled a bit as well. He caught his brother’s hands between his own palms and bowed to rest his forehead against Jayan’s. The ancient gesture caused the scales at Jayan’s wrists to flare again, goose bumps following up his arms. It was another reminder…Najat could sense the pulse of Jayan’s spirit. Jayan could only sense the pulse of a vein in Najat’s brow.
Najat pulled back and smiled, but his eyes looked tired. Jayan noticed sharpened angles from cheekbone to ear and jaw to clavicle. “Are you alright?” he asked Najat for the second time in their lives.
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The Kumasagi Fantasy Saga
Kumasagi, Part 1: Destin
Kumasagi, Part 2: Kandargiri
Kumasagi, Part 3: Wife
Without a thought, Jayan jumped over the wall and ran into the orchard. Najat’s slow, contemplative steps followed a path in the opposite direction. “Ai, Najat!” Jayan yelled, but then he caught sight of the Mahasagi off to one side, flanked by Dechen and Rajung. Even at that distance Jayan could see the hint of alarm on their faces as they tracked his sudden appearance. Rajung moved immediately, starting toward him through the trees.
Jayan did not stop, but his sprint skidded down to a hesitant jog when he looked back at his brother. Najat had turned to stare at him. An inexplicable, scale-raising shiver of awe tripped Jayan down further to a walk. Najat stood wrapped and draped in the pale blue robes of a renunciate. It was not normal dress for the Kumasagi—he only wore the robes during sessions of intense mental and spiritual training. Jayan swallowed hard, acutely reminded that his younger brother was an old mystic, older than even their present lifetime.
He continued forward, ignoring Rajung’s footsteps and braving Najat’s cold posture. But then Najat moved a hand to shade the sun from his eyes, and suddenly his blank expression transformed to surprised recognition. Jayan broke into a run again as Najat’s trembling hands reached toward him.
“Jay-la!” Najat’s voice trembled a bit as well. He caught his brother’s hands between his own palms and bowed to rest his forehead against Jayan’s. The ancient gesture caused the scales at Jayan’s wrists to flare again, goose bumps following up his arms. It was another reminder…Najat could sense the pulse of Jayan’s spirit. Jayan could only sense the pulse of a vein in Najat’s brow.
Najat pulled back and smiled, but his eyes looked tired. Jayan noticed sharpened angles from cheekbone to ear and jaw to clavicle. “Are you alright?” he asked Najat for the second time in their lives.
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The Kumasagi Fantasy Saga
Kumasagi, Part 1: Destin
Kumasagi, Part 2: Kandargiri
Kumasagi, Part 3: Wife
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