Tianlong had birthed a son.
Revelry would soon swell through the court. Batu hunted only for the lingering bloom-scent of a woman who had abandoned the birthden.
He slows to stillness when Yuè 's platinum is found amid flecks of sylvan shadow. There his eyes watch her's, still and silent before enunciating at last.
“It means nothing.”
Cut him down where he stands. He would speak it twice.
