#minang

Sosul

Who bathes his babies in zakru milk, swearing that it makes their skin stronger and softer, that it cures any and every rash.

Who takes them with him to tune the flutes, enough so that they can tell when one, and which one has gone out of tune by the time they can walk.

Sosul who "catches" them when they "steal" the cheese he makes, playfully telling them that their grandfather Kin will make them into cheese wheels.

Taking them on trips to the Zakru graveyard, telling them stories of those who have passed like Pasuk. Showing them the murals of how their people first followed the great beasts. Teaching his children that the graveyard is a place of peace.

Nesim

Who paints her babies like little warriors, matching their colors to hers so all know who they are. Never denying them when they ask to paint her in return, wearing their little handprints with pride.

Who teaches them how to fight dance the moment they can walk, cheering as they bop up and down and do their little kicks. When they topple she gently urges them to stand again.

Nesim who laughs and encourages their hisses and "roars" when they hear the Cloaked Leopards who pass by their camps and home.

Who teaches them to shoot their spears from their ikran and direhorses with such accuracy and speed that they can do it with their eyes closed, only using their mounts senses to "see".

Minang

Minang who walks with her children amongst the Pali herds, showing them to be gentle with the creatures. On rough nights when they can't sleep she rides with her babies along river edges and the fields of flowers, lulling her babies to sleep.

Who gives her children the Zakru's favorite paints letting them paint the great beasts to their hearts content. Listening to them chatter about their day nodding every now and again as if agreeing with something when the animal would make a noise.

Minang who when the time comes patiently explains to them their tradition of letting their burdens go, holding them and comforting them as they say goodbye to their old things.