Kiyiya, still sitting in the grass, crossed his arms and darkened his glare at Maheegan. He stuck his tongue out at her. "But you are still a baby!" he retorted, for Maheegan was not yet considered a woman until she was sixteen. Even less so since she was so submissive, many of the villagers thought her to be socially incompetent.

Kiyiya knew that wasn't true, though.