A/N: Again, Kael, when talking to Gruumak, is using Stonefang Tongue, and Gruumak, when talking to his men, is doing the same.
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It was the third day since the Stonefangs came inside the Wall.
And strangely…
The Heights did not collapse.
The tension was still there, of course. It lived in the way Velmourn eyes followed Stonefang shoulders. It lived in the way Stonefang hands stayed close to their belts even when they were working, not fighting. It lived in the silence between two people sharing the same tool and not knowing what word to use for it.
But at the very least…
Nothing surprising happened.
The first collision had already broken the fear of first contact. The second day had shown everyone a simple truth—if you worked long enough beside someone, you either learned to control your hatred… or you drowned in it.
The Stonefangs were learning.
