>Possibly true - but it certainly means you are motivated tyo visit your
>neighbours. This is not a society with easy transport - people need
>motivationb to treck across hill and dale, and manufacturing silly reason to
>wander ofver to the next clan, or the clan-over-the-hill out of lust is a
>very useful technique for establishing inter-community bonds. There will
>also be some trade traffic, some god-talkers etc, but romance provides a
>good driver to get people out and about and talking to the neighbours.
Plus it gives all those young hotbloods a good reason to practice their Movement magics. There's an amusing story in Greg Cajete's "Look to the Mountain" (a book on Native American educational theory) where a young man/boy is told by his Grandfather that, if he wants to be swift and agile, he should rub the wings of a butterfly over his heart. So the kid catches a butterfly. Then he decides that if one was good, lots must be better, and he tells his friends, and pretty soon all the young men are running around like crazy, catching butterflies. And they all get pretty quick and agile.
Now, back on the Tula: "Well, son, if you want to dally with Ragnar Two-Spears's daughter, you'd better find a way to get over the ridge. Ask your uncle to show you the Ardent Leap.
Peter Larsen
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