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FOREVERGREEN PART 7óGreen eyed Jethel finds he can understand the white haired, green
eyed leader of the humans who have captured them. Her name is PeióLar and she tells
her people the first spirit drove the old ways from the people that Aramak and his
followers hold in false beliefs. The bare male children (except for loin cloths,
one with a red pointed hat or head band), the white haired warrior men (one with
a nose ring, another with blue crisscrossed cloth about his shoulders and a ribbon
around his ribs), and women hail PeióLar. The captives are put into a small hut.
Dart's shirt is totally gone, Kimo's is ripped and open down the middle, and Yun
wants to attack. Dart (who has had a green head band on) blames himself for this,
his mind won't work. Kimo calls him Brother and tells him he didn't bring any of
them, they followed him. They believe in him, Kimo goes on, and some of us, "Love
you." Dart's eyes look reddishóorange now as he thinks about rushing in. Hoan
G'tay Sho city: Windkin and one of the boy slaves (the boy human with a red and black
symbol around his neck) are taken by the giant humanófake elf guard to see Aramak.
They wear long thongs, Windkin's purple and held by rings on his hips and jeweled
chains. The angry guard makes the boy wait outside. Windkin tells him, "Don't
worry. It will be all right." Aramak calls him, "Wind Kin." Windkin
cannot understand how Aramak's people want to be like the elves. Aramak tells him
they have not kept Door. It hurts for humans to be around the elvesóóthey live longer,
move faster. All he wants, is to be like him. "You and your kind are so beautiful."
Windkin touches his shoulder, "Aramak..." Aramak screams, not wanting his
pity. He opens the window and tells him to go, to get out to freedom. Windkin waits
and looks back at the back of Aramak, who has a long double thick pony tail tied
with green rope. Windkin will stay to try to restore Aramak's people to what they
once were without the elf kind. A monkey faced boy (well, not really but a goofy
looking human, this is supposedly Yahan but looks nothing like him as he appeared
in issue 18) on the burning waste town, in loin cloth, head band, jeweled necklace
brings Master Thuggop food. The Elders are considering Thuggop's plan. The troll
thinks there is a way through the mountains and Bailon has found it but is too jealous
to admit it. Thuggop bothers the servant boy (who has reddishóbrown hair). Humans
play drums at night while Jethel cries real and lots of tears, "Waaah!"
Chot tells him to shut up, he's only making it worse. PeióLar comes in, "It
is time, spirits." Jethel and Chot try to reason with her, telling her the truth.
Suntop's shirt is off and Shenshen tells him she is so sorry. He tells her it is
not her fault. He wonders to Savah if only he could... Jethel's shirt is off also.
The other three sneak up in the water of the green. Dodia is to be cast in first,
she struggles. They try to cast her into the flame, her shirt open. A blond human
woman points, "Look! Look...from the water!!" Dart rushes in, "Those
are our friends you are trying to burn!" A giant human with white hair (named
Karcha) and purpleóblue loin cloth rushes him, "We fear you no longer, spirit!"
Dart fights him and knees him, "Well maybe you should! Now get out of my way!
I want your chief!" He elbows him and knocks him out of the way. Kimo has no
shirt on. Dart tells them they are going to leave with their friends or die with
them. Yun adds many of them will die first. PeióLar tells her warriors to hold. Pei
Lar, impressed with how Dart felled Karcha faster than thought possible, curses Aramak
for sending more warriors. Dart says, "How many times must we say it? We are
not spirits. And we serve no one!" Dart tells her that Aramak is holding the
one they seek if he is a painted faced monster. PeióLar admits she may have been
wrong. They share the same enemy. Dart tells her, "We are not spirits. We live
and breathe and bleed like you. We only look different." As the boys look at
the fire, wide eyed, PeióLar tells Dart she thinks she likes him. She will talk and
listen. Dart tells her she is wise chief then. She claims they may have old Aramak
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