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vision. Now he could see that the huge icebear on the smallest of the bergs had
lost an ear in some past ursine dispute.
He sighed. Even the wonders of his new-found powers could not make him
forget that Faraday was still trapped with one half-brother while the other,
Gorgrael, was undoubtedly remarshalling his forces to invade Achar. And if
Faraday or either one of his despised half-brothers did not occupy his thoughts,
then Axis found himself worrying over the problems of his new life.
Father, mother, sister, uncle, grandmother. All exciting, all troubling in their
own right. But it was StarDrifter who dominated Axis' days. His father, the man
who had only existed in court gossip and innuendo for almost thirty years and
whose conspicuous absence had given Gorgrael the grist to torment Axis in his
nightmares for so long, was as compulsively drawn to Axis as Axis was to him.
Their relationship was not easy. StarDrifter was a forceful man with powerful
expectations. He drove his son from first waking until Axis, exhausted, lay down
his head late at night. And Axis, having been alone for so long, having been his
own man for so long, both resented his father's intrusions and yearned for his
father's attention. It was not easy reconciling resentment and need every minute
of the day.
Axis' mouth twisted as he thought of their morning's training session. After
hours confined in the one chamber, they had fought, bitterly, savagely.
MorningStar, StarDrifter's mother and Axis' grandmother, who was often present,
had finally dismissed Axis as she tried to reason with her son. Yet all Axis wanted
to do was stay in that chamber and ask StarDrifter another question about his
heritage and powers.
"You fought again."
Startled, Axis turned his head towards the voice. It was Azhure, dressed in a
pale-grey woollen tunic and leggings, walking confidently along the narrow rock
ledge. She halted a few paces away. "May I join you? Am I intruding?"
Axis smiled. "No, you're not intruding. Please, join me."
She sat down gracefully, curling her legs underneath her. "It is a superb
view."
"Can you see the icebear?" He pointed to the distant iceberg.
 Azhure laughed. "I have not your Enchanter's vision, Axis SunSoar."
Axis relaxed. Since he had come to Talon Spike, Azhure had become a good
friend. She was the one person he felt he could talk to, who understood the
problems he encountered as he embraced his heritage.
"You have developed a good head for heights since living among the Icarii,
Azhure. Few Groundwalkers could even stand on this ledge, let alone wander
along it as if strolling the flat plains of Skarabost."
"Why fear when I have an Enchanter to hand to save me should I tumble?"
Axis laughed and changed the subject. "How did you know StarDrifter and I
had fought?"
"He came back to the apartments and snapped at Rivkah. She snapped
back. I left them bickering and thought to find the source of such marital
disharmony so that he could explain himself."
"Do you think I should have re-entered their lives, Azhure?" Axis asked.
"If there are problems between them, you are not the cause, Axis," Azhure
replied. "I am sorry if I implied, even laughingly, that you were."
Axis leaned his arms on his raised knees and considered his parents. Tension
marked the relationship between himself and his father, while with his mother