Jalna inwardly winced at her half-sister’s reaction with regards to this lightbearer business, but she can’t blame her.  Unlike her, Tayla is a bonafide Kurhu tribeswoman, and daughter to Veikko by blood from his first wife.  She, like the rest of the tribe have their own set of beliefs that they have an unwavering adherence to, and so the Lightbearer, and perhaps Lux, has no place in their minds and hearts.  But in spite of their differences in belief, Jalna greatly admires her sister, and was impressed with her train of thought on the planned scouting mission.  There is no doubt, she got her father’s smarts.<br/><br/>With the mention of Veikko entrusting his weapons to her daughters, Jalna couldn’t contain the excitement she was feeling.  Finally, she gets to wield father’s sword.  She only held it once when she was little, with Veikko egging her to wield it for the first time.  Of course she failed in the task due to her size then, but she remembered when she asked him: when will she get to wield such a sword of her own?  He answered: when she gets bigger and stronger.  She never dreamed it would be actually his sword she will be handling.  Though she believes it should really go to Tayla, but she is more of an archer type and her foster father knows this and must have put that into account.<br/><br/>When she thought Veikko would acquaint with her assigned weapon, her high expectations were dashed when he confided to her to go and meet with the village shaman before anything else.  Jalna found that a bit queer.  First was her mother who wanted to talk her no doubt something important, and now the shaman wants to see her too?  She sense something foreboding about all this.<br/><br/><em>Well, whatever.<br/></em><br/>“Very well, father.  I’ll go see the shaman right away.  I’m sure, by the time my meeting with him will be over, mother would have something prepared out of the deer I brought home.  And we could have dinner together, you and Tayla included.”<br/><br/>