"Why wait for them to come? I tell you this true and in confidence, trothkin. When I was captured, Beta Galaxy was almost all Crusader. Even the...us Wolves can be persuaded to Kerensky's true vision. It was plain to see Ulric Kerensky intended to grind the Crusader elements of both Clans against each other and into dust. Yet Ranna seems quite reasonable."

Tynall hasn't experienced nearly so many new things. Despite being a bondsman, her captors are clanners themselves, so she hasn't had much exposure to other ways of living yet.

"And if we are very lucky, her sibkin will show up."