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==II. The Wolf== | ==II. The Wolf== | ||
The neighboring cell holds a Wolf. | The neighboring cell holds a [[House of Wolves|Wolf]]. | ||
She ignores him at first. He's too greedy for her acknowledgement. Sometimes, he reminds her of the needy Dregs that followed her old Kell like carrion birds, squawking for attention and squabbling over his kills. | She ignores him at first. He's too greedy for her acknowledgement. Sometimes, he reminds her of the needy [[Dreg|Dregs]] that followed her old Kell like carrion birds, squawking for attention and squabbling over his kills. | ||
What the Eliksni have lost, more than anything else, is dignity. | What the Eliksni have lost, more than anything else, is dignity. | ||
Eventually, the Wolf learns to intrigue her. He calls himself Praksis, and he has ideas. But he's young. He thinks every idea he conceives of is the first and best of its kind. She suspects he's never had to report directly to a Kell. | Eventually, the Wolf learns to intrigue her. He calls himself [[Praksis, the Technocrat|Praksis]], and he has ideas. But he's young. He thinks every idea he conceives of is the first and best of its kind. She suspects he's never had to report directly to a Kell. | ||
He likes to talk about machines—building them and bending them to his will. He has a mad idea about recapturing the Great Machine, binding it in Arc wire, and making it give them its power. He's been listening to the stories about Ghaul. | He likes to talk about machines—building them and bending them to his will. He has a mad idea about recapturing the [[Traveler|Great Machine]], binding it in Arc wire, and making it give them its power. He's been listening to the stories about [[Ghaul]]. | ||
She lets him talk, and she asks him questions. Every question is a whetstone. Every conversation is a test, and it will only take one failure to lose her interest. | She lets him talk, and she asks him questions. Every question is a whetstone. Every conversation is a test, and it will only take one failure to lose her interest. | ||