Chapter 26 - 24 Father and Son Debate
Yarlessto and Dertulian.
One was a priest and the other a hunter, as well as brothers, supposedly close as can be.
However, contrary to expectations, Dertulian did not take kindly to his elder brother Yarlessto.
Coincidentally, Yarlessto also did not take kindly to his younger brother.
Dertulian found his father in the Pattern Garden.
Al was sitting among other priests in the middle of a wheat field, his hair white with age; Dertulian was startled to see his father's hair looking as though spiders might crawl out of it.
Dertulian was shocked, having not anticipated that his father would have aged so greatly, and unconsciously stepped forward.
Then, he saw a familiar figure flickering through the wheat, it was Yarlessto.
Dertulian felt a wave of revulsion and stopped in his tracks.
Al sat surrounded by priests, narrating something to the crowd, with Yarlessto sitting closest to him.
Dertulian found himself irritated.