The two ran on towards Ryder Courtney's compound. Such tomobe werecollectively known as nashiro (namesakes) or koshiro (childsubstitutes). Wooden coffins appear to have been used until the beginningof the Christian era, when stone is said to have come into vogue. But he resisted her urging, andbegan to examine her as though she were indeed a thoroughbred filly,turning her this way and that, lifting each limb in turn, admiring andcaressing them.
Within minutes Ryder heard hammering and bangingcoming from the direction of his warehouses. She dosed him with a brewof selected herbs and roots that Nazeera prepared, and sweated him withhot stones. Hegave her a firm shove through the doorway to send her on her way, anddid not wait to see if she had obeyed before he turned back towards theforward firing platform. The animals'thirst seemed unquenchable, and they sucked down bucketful afterbucketful.
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