Chapter 28 Peter and the Wolf

• If my blood is now tainted, the elemental in my mother will probably reject me." Jedidiah could see the disappointment on Arian's face as he continued, "It would probably have rejected me because I'm a boy. The last time a male hosted... let's just say, it is another thing we don't talk about. Grandmother said Hisagita Misa, the Breathmaker, made our gen special.
• I was six. I didn't know it but grandmother was testing me. I was playing on a blanket in the meadow. A fawn and doe approached me. The fawn was injured and curled up in my lap. When I touched it, it was made well, and I passed out. Grandmother and the appointed witnesses saw and she began my training. Three years later, when grandmother joined our family in the City in the West, Mother took over my training."
• "Jed, what happened to your grandfather on your Mother's side? What was his um... gen?"