"Shouldn't you wait for your sandshade before you go south to the capital?" Seya asked. She had been truly immaculate the previous year, and she had been holding her people together.
"I can't wait one more year," Sagiri answered.
"Why did you allow him to remain in the north then? Shouldn't he be like your shadow?" Seya wondered. She had been wondering about that for a long time.
During the fight with the veil blades, a year back, Sagiri was poisoned. Even with the antidote, it took him three days to wake up. Tavora had already returned north with his general when he finally woke up. Turns out the rest of the Yoka squad had come looking too, and they had followed Tavora. They returned north with the body of their general. Kiuga and Lira were still unconscious when he woke up. It took them another three days for them to wake up because, unlike him, they did not heal quickly.
