The earth rocked and rolled under their feet, the golem shaking apart. Taryn was suddenly struck with terror. She was pregnant and unable to fight or to shift. She was afraid that shifting would hurt her unborn children. A cold weight in the pit of her stomach reminded her how vulnerable she would be if she was wounded. Here she was in Hyane territory and she was alone with only a pile of dirt and a feeble Hase. Taryn felt as if she couldn't breath and she had an unfamiliar urge to run away.<br/><br/>Lily was concerned that the fire would spread to the sleeping rolls and she was trying to bank it. The Hase was not undualy upset at the earthquake. She had learned to trust the Sheriff while in the land of the Cotl. Turning to Taryn,she began,<br/><br/>"I would like to learn to be a warrior like Jax. Oh, Taryn! Are you hurt?" she exclaimed. "Here, golem, come hold her. Tell him, Taryn,"<br/><br/>Taryn had one arm protectively around her stomach but gestured with the other one. The golem wrapped his arms around her and sat them both down on Taryn's sleeping hide.<br/><br/>"You, you,want, you want to learn,"she was having trouble breathing. Blinking her eyes to make herself focus,she continued,<br/>"You want to learn to fight? like Jax? you mean with throwing knives?'<br/><br/>Lily nodded, her large pink eyes not blinking.<br/>"I'm not strong enough to use a sword or a spear."<br/><br/>Taryn swallowed hard.<br/>"That is why I taught Jax to use the knives. Since you are a girl, you might like the throwing stars. Those are sort of pretty."<br/><br/>"What is a throwing star?" Lily asked.<br/><br/>"A shuriken or a sword hidden in the hand  is a traditional concealed weapon that was generally used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing. They are sharpened hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items, such as needles, nails, and knives, as well as coins, washers, and other flat plates of metal. Shuriken is the name given to any small-bladed object, while shaken is traditionally used to indicate the well-known "throwing star". though they took many different shapes and designs during the time they were used.<br/><br/>Shuriken were mainly a supplemental weapon to the more-commonly-used sword or other various weapons in a warrior's arsenal, though they often played a pivotal tactical role in battle, but since you are small, you would use it primarily rather than as a supplement." Taryn answered.<br/><br/>She was feeling better in the arms of the golem and with the subject of teaching someone to be a warrior to distract her from the possibility that Raschen was dying under her feet.