Makaa'yamoto padded slowly out of the family den, beginning his search for his oldest sister. The whole Zapaliti-Ripuka issue was still heavy on his mind and he wanted, no, he needed to find out the truth. He could have sworn that he'd heard about Zapa's mother. But Father had been quite certain that there was no Ripuka in their pride. He couldn't trust his own memory over his father's, but he could trust Kenna, she was queen after all.

The youth huffed and sighed over the sandstorm of questions spinning in his head. Who knew girls could be such trouble!